Early Photography Archive

Name: Early Photography Archive
Creator: Analog Photo Today
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

The Early Photography Archive presents public-domain photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago photography and media collection, with artist, process and dating context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds technique family, origin region and era labels from our pipeline.

Records: 4,070
Last changed: 09/02/2026
Update schedule: 27 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/02/2026
Method: Methodology

Photograph	Artist	Date	Technique	Origin	On view
Lieutenant General Sir H.J.W. Bentinck, K.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant General Sir W.J. Codrington, K.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Major General Estcourt and Staff	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
General Sir J. Burgoyne, Bart. G.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Admiral Frederick Augustus Maxse)	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Hardships in the Camp	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones, K.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
General Bosquet	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Quartermaster Hill, 4th Lt. Dragoons. The Horse taken immediately after the winter season.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant General Sir J.L. Pennefather, K.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Major General Garrett and Officers of the 46th	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant Colonel Shadforth and Officers of the 57th	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
General Simpson	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Field Marshall Lord Raglan	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cooking House of the 8th Hussars	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Ismail Pacha and Attendants	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Officers on the Staff of Lieutenant General Sir Richard England	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Captain Walker, 30th Regiment, reading General Orders	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Landscape, Switzerland	Adolphe Braun French, 1811–1877	c. 1860	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Artist unknown 19th century	1855/75	other	other	false
Untitled	Artist unknown 19th century	1855/75	other	other	false
Untitled	Artist unknown 19th century	1855/75	other	other	false
General Bosquet and Captain Dampière	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Tombeau de la chrétienne. Vue du côté nord. (Tomb of the Christian Woman. View of the North Side.)	John Beasley Greene American, born France, 1832–1856	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Cottages at Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Mortar Batteries in front of Picquet House, Light Division	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Railway Street at Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
General View of Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Railway Yard, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Officers on the Look out at Cathcarts Hill	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Balaklava from Guard's Hill	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Head of Harbour, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
General Bosquet's Quarters looking toward Mackenzie Farm	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Old Post Office, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cattle and Carts, leaving Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Landing Place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Sebastopol, from the Redoubt des Anglais	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Camp of the 5th Dragoon Guards	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cottages at Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Camp of the 4th Light Dragoons, Officer's Quarters	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Kadikoi, from Camp of Horse Artillery	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Genoese Castle, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Sebastopol, from the Mortar Battery	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Encampment of Horse Artillery	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Guard's Redoubt, Inkermann	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Plateau of Sebastopol	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false