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LL/52859
Unidentified maker (British)
Actor in costume
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 3/4 plate
7 1/8 x 5 1/2 ins
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, 2010.35.20. © Nelson Gallery Foundation
 
LL/52859

1 of 64
LL/79393
J.P. Mayall
Madame Celine Celeste as the indian girl "Miami" in John Buckstone's "The Green Bushes".
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Private collection of Hans Gummersbach
 
LL/79393

2 of 64
LL/77929
Unidentified photographer
[Robin Hood]
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Private collection of Hans Gummersbach
 
LL/77929

3 of 64
LL/61346
Rufus P. Anson
Two actors from the melodrama, "Robert Macaire", 1850s
1853 (or later based on address)
Daguerreotype, whole plate
 
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc.
Current location unknown.
 
LL/61346

4 of 64
LL/67207
Unidentified photographer
Group portraits of costumed members of the artists' society "Stubenvoll", Munich
1853
Salt prints
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
1 June 2016, Photographs, Lot 4008
 
LL/67207 [Further details available]

5 of 64
LL/93020
Joseph Cundall
Mr Charles Kean (1811-68) as Leontes
1856
Wet collodion negative
25.3 x 20.3 cm (whole object
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 208492
 
LL/93020 [Further details available]

6 of 64
LL/93021
Joseph Cundall
Mr Charles Kean (1811-68) as Leontes
1856
Photograph, hand-coloured
21.8 x 16.5 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2909967
 
LL/93021 [Further details available]

7 of 64
LL/93007
Martin Laroche
Mr Charles Kean (1811-68) as King Richard II
1857
Photograph, hand-coloured
22.5 x 18.2 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2909970
 
LL/93007 [Further details available]

8 of 64
LL/93005
Martin Laroche
Mr and Mrs Charles Kean as King Richard II and his Queen
1857
Photograph, hand-coloured
22.5 x 17.9 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2909986
 
LL/93005 [Further details available]

9 of 64
LL/93008
Martin Laroche
Mr Charles Kean (1811-68) as King Richard II
1857
Photograph, hand-coloured
22.5 x 18.3 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2909978
 
LL/93008 [Further details available]

10 of 64
LL/58249
Camille Silvy
L'actrice Rosa Csillag dans le rôle d'Orphée
1860
Épreuve non montée, sur papier salé-albuminisé d'après un négatif verre
23.2 x 19.5 cm (irregular)
 
Pierre Bergé & Associés
Une histoire particulière de la photographie Collection de Monsieur et Madame X, 19 March 2015, Lot: 189
 
LL/58249 [Further details available]

11 of 64
LL/79394
Camille Silvy
Rosa Csillag
1860
Albumen print
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 ins (8.4 x 5.5 cm) (image)
 
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Purchased, 1904, NPG Ax50560
 
LL/79394

12 of 64
LL/102634
Alois Löcherer
Portrait of Anselm Feuerbach [Actor]
n.d.
Calotype
24.5 x 19.5 cm
 
Munchner Stadtmuseum
Inventory number: FM-96 / 350.1
 
LL/102634

13 of 64
LL/75228
Charles DeForest Fredricks
Menken as Mazeppa
1865 (ca)
Albumen print, with applied colour
9.2 x 5.6 cm (image)
 
George Eastman Museum
Museum accession, 1981.3508.0001
 
LL/75228

14 of 64
LL/75229
Charles DeForest Fredricks
Menken
1865 (ca)
Albumen print, with applied colour
9 x 5.4 cm (image)
 
George Eastman Museum
Museum accession, 1981.3508.0002
 
LL/75229

15 of 64
LL/88597
Adrien Tournachon
[Paul Legrand en habit de Pierrot]
n.d.
Salt paper print
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
PET FOL-EO-99 (1), Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b10547582s
 
LL/88597

16 of 64
LL/73724
London Stereoscopic Company
British actor Charles Wyndham
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall
 
LL/73724

17 of 64
LL/53043
Figaro (London)
Miss Angelina Claude
1874
Carte de visite
 
Ohio State University, Jerome
University Library, Charles H. McCaghy Collection of Exotic Dance from Burlesque to Clubs
 
LL/53043

18 of 64
LL/75182
Sarony
Modjeska
1878 (ca)
Cabinet card
 
George Eastman Museum
1981.5129.0008
 
LL/75182

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LL/80656
Pierce & Snyder
Mrs. Langtry
1882
Cabinet card
 
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
American History: Timed Online Auction, ending 26 March 2018, Lot: 126
 
LL/80656 [Further details available]

20 of 64
LL/85105
Thomas Houseworth & Co
Dolly Adams
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Steve McConnell - www.vintagephotosrus.com
 
LL/85105 [Further details available]

21 of 64
LL/79028
Jose Mora
Francis Bangs (1837-?), actor
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall
 
LL/79028

22 of 64
LL/108603
Lock & Whitfield
Henry Irving as Shylock in Shakespeare's "The Merchant Of Venice."
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Rosenthal-Shilling Collection
 
LL/108603

23 of 64
LL/111994
Sarony
Portrait of Agnes Reilly in a bull fighting costume, trade card for Newsboy tobacco
1893 (copyright)
Colour lithograph
6 x 9 in.
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/111994

24 of 64
LL/79109
Jose Mora
Portrait of an actress in the role of Ophelia
1890-1910 (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2002-112
 
LL/79109

25 of 64
LL/28286
Window & Grove
Ellen Terry as Queen Katherine
1892 (taken) 1906 (published)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/28286

26 of 64
LL/86667
Nadar
Actress Petit Lou
1886
Cabinet card, hand-coloured
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/86667

27 of 64
LL/125058
Nadar
The actress Réjane (Gabriëlle Charlotte Réju)
1885 (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/125058

28 of 64
LL/86671
L. Gimbert (Lyon, France)
Studio portrait of an actress
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/86671

29 of 64
LL/86674
G. Verger (Lyon, France)
Actress Delisle
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/86674

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LL/71967
Lock & Whitfield [Attributed to]
Ellen Terry as Portia
[The Theatre]
1877-1897
Woodburytype, on printed sheet
5 11/16 x 3 3/4 ins (14.5 x 9.6 cm) (image and sheet)
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Lynne and Harold Honickman Gift of the Julien Levy Collection, 2001, Accession Number: 2001-62-1556
 
LL/71967

31 of 64
LL/78936
Emile Tourtin
Blanche Pierson
1874, 7-14 January
Woodburytype
12.2 x 8.5 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-1639A-34
 
LL/78936

32 of 64
LL/74573
Abraham Bogardus
Sarah Bernhardt
1885 (ca)
Albumen print, on printed mount
4.6 x 3.3 cm (image) 10.4 x 6.3 cm (mount)
 
George Eastman Museum
1982.0440.0001
 
LL/74573

33 of 64
LL/97475
Abraham Bogardus
Sarah Bernhardt
1872 (ca)
Carte de visite
4.6 x 3.3 cm (image) 10.4 x 6.3 cm (mount)
 
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Gift of Larry J. West, Object number: AD/NPG.2007.15
 
LL/97475

34 of 64
LL/93564
Unidentified photographer(s)
Actresses of the Period
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/93564 [Further details available]

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LL/117103
E.B. Fay
Theatrical Actors
1860s (late)
Carte de visite
 
Chrysler Museum of Art
Museum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr., Object number: 90.118
 
LL/117103 [Further details available]

36 of 64
LL/77752
Unidentified photographer(s)
Ladies of the London Stage
1875
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/77752 [Further details available]

37 of 64
LL/78204
Sarony
Adelaide Ristori
[Stereo Celebrities]
n.d.
Stereocard
 
Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall
 
LL/78204

38 of 64
LL/100730
Unidentified photographer
Anna May Wong Certificate of Identity
1924, 18 August
Identy card
 
National Archives at San Francisco
Record no: 54099
 
LL/100730 [Further details available]

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LL/64804
Walery
Sarah Bernhardt
[La Comedie Francaise]
1880 (ca, taken) 1880 (published)
Photogravure
8 1/8 x 10 1/2 ins
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/64804

40 of 64
LL/57676
Karl Struss
Gloria Swanson
1922
Gelatin silver print
13 1/4 x 10 ins (33.6 x 25.4 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Fine Photographers, 19 February 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 77
 
LL/57676

41 of 64
LL/80643
D'Ora
Austrian actress Leopoldine Konstantin
1917
Photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/80643 [Further details available]

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LL/16673
Strauss-Peyton
Book cover for "Strauss-Peyton: Celebrity and Glamour" with an essay by Gail Buckland (Stephen White Editions, 2006).
2006
Book cover
 
Private collection of Stephen White
Courtesy of the Stephen White Collection II
 
LL/16673 [Further details available]

43 of 64
LL/49750
Studio Becker & Maass, publisher Sterne Card
Bruno Kastner (1890-1932)
1923 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/49750 [Further details available]

44 of 64
LL/59773
Clarence Sinclair Bull
The actress Jean Harlow (1911-1937)
1932
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
33 x 25,5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 3 June 2015, Lot: 4134
 
LL/59773 [Further details available]

45 of 64
LL/49743
Frank Bangs
Elizabeth Brice
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
6 x 8 1/4 ins (image)
 
Private collection of Timothy G. Piotrowski
 
LL/49743 [Further details available]

46 of 64
LL/76332
Peter Basch
Grace Kelly
1963 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
49 x 39 cm (19 1/4 x 15 3/8 ins)
 
Bloomsbury Auctions - London
Fine Photographs and Photobooks, 18 May 2017, Lot: 59
 
LL/76332

47 of 64
LL/59804
George Hurrell
The actress Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
1938 (taken) 1980s (print)
Gelatin silver print, on Agfa paper
34,2 x 26,5 cm (35,7 x 27,5 cm)
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 3 June 2015, Lot: 4235
 
LL/59804 [Further details available]

48 of 64
LL/76333
George Hurrell
Jean Harlow
1937
Gelatin silver print
23 x 18.5 cm (9 x 7 1/4 ins)
 
Bloomsbury Auctions - London
Fine Photographs and Photobooks, 18 May 2017, Lot: 60
 
LL/76333

49 of 64
LL/121313
Unidentified photographer
Costume test for Grace Kelly playing the role of Margot, "Dial M for Murder"
1954 (film released)
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of John Divola
 
LL/121313

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LL/121314
Unidentified photographer
Costume test for Grace Kelly playing the role of Margot, "Dial M for Murder"
1954 (film released)
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of John Divola
 
LL/121314

51 of 64
LL/15765
Benn Mitchell
Humphrey Bogart
1943 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
34,8 x 27,8 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
(88 / 4281)
 
LL/15765

52 of 64
LL/70554
Laszlo Willinger (1909-1989)
Clark Gable
1938
Gelatin silver print
23,6 x 18,3 cm
 
Westlicht Photographica Auctions
Sale No: 34661, Photo Auction, 18 November 2016, Lot: 38
 
LL/70554 [Further details available]

53 of 64
LL/37632
Brian Duffy
Sidney Poiteier III
1965 (taken)
Gelatin silver print
18 x 18 ins
 
Chris Beetles
 
LL/37632 [Further details available]

54 of 64
LL/69546
Angus McBean
Jessie Matthews
1951 (taken, printed later)
Gelatin silver print
43 x 28 cm (17 x 11 ins)
 
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Fine Photographs, 20 October 2016, Lot 37
 
LL/69546

55 of 64
LL/115139
Horst
Myrna Loy, N.Y.
1942 (taken) 1990s (print)
Silver print
11 5/8 x 9 in. (29.5 x 22.9 cm.) (image)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 211
 
LL/115139

56 of 64
LL/69548
Angus McBean
Peggy Ashcroft
1938 (taken, printed later)
Gelatin silver print
29.5 x 38.4 cm (11 5/8 x 15 1/8 ins)
 
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Fine Photographs, 20 October 2016, Lot 39
 
LL/69548

57 of 64
LL/97889
George Hurrell
Joan Crawford
1931
Gelatin silver prints and negatives
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Shared on Facebook by Irfan Yonac (10 March 2020)
 
LL/97889 [Further details available]

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LL/16808
Annie Leibovitz
Scarlett Johansson, Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood
2004
 
Location and source information requested
Photograph © 2006 Annie Leibovitz / contact from ôA PhotographerÆs Life 1990-2005ö (Random House, 2006) Courtesy of the artist
 
LL/16808 [Further details available]

60 of 64
LL/64579
Michael Thompson
Julianne Moore, after La Grande Odalisque
2000, April
Colour image
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/64579 [Further details available]

61 of 64
LL/82256
Theatrical Scrapbooks
1887, 4 November
Magazine page
 
Google Books
 
LL/82256 [Further details available]

62 of 64
LL/125350
William Henry Jackson
Goldi tribesmen acting out folk drama, "The repulse of the kidnapper"
1895
Gelatin silver print
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
World's Transportation Commission photograph collection, Reproduction no./Source: LC-USZ62-24874 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
 
LL/125350

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LL/101491
Alexander Brodie Melville
[Mystic Play, Ladak now Ladakh, Tibet]
[Description of a Mystic Play, as Performed in Ladak, Zascar &c.]
1865
Albumen print, tipped-on
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
The Wayfarers Bookshop, P.O. Box 227, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G0, Canada
 
LL/101491 [Further details available]

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Actors and performers - Actors
Actors and performers - Actors and film studio photographers
Actors and performers - Albumen prints: Actors
Actors and performers - Alexander Brodie Melville: Description of a Mystic Play, as Performed in Ladak, Zascar &c. (1865) [Tibet]
Actors and performers - Arsene Houssaye: La Comedie Francaise (1880)
Actors and performers - Benjamin Strauss and Homer Peyton: Celebrity portraits
Actors and performers - Cabinet cards: Actors
Actors and performers - Cartes de visite: Actors
Actors and performers - Clarence Sinclair Bull: Actors
Actors and performers - Daguerreotypes: Actors
Actors and performers - Frank C. Bangs: Portraits of Elizabeth Brice
Actors and performers - Gelatin silver prints: Actors
Actors and performers - George Hurrell: Actors
Actors and performers - Introduction to actors and performers
Actors and performers - Lock and Whitfield (attributed): The Theatre (1877-1897)
Actors and performers - Martin Laroche: Actors and theatrical scenes
Actors and performers - Mimes
Actors and performers - Paris-Theatre / Paris-Portrait
Actors and performers - Ross Verlag: Publisher of real photographic postcards
Actors and performers - Sarah Bernhardt
Actors and performers - Sarony: Actors
Actors and performers - Stereoviews: Portraits: Actors
Albumen prints - Painted albumen prints
Art - Paintings and prints based on photographs or vice versa
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Salt prints: Backgrounds
Card photographs - Card photographs of actors, performers and entertainers
Cars - Cars
Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite
Celebrities - Annie Leibovitz: Portraits
Celebrities - Benjamin Strauss and Homer Peyton: Celebrity portraits
Celebrities - Celebrity portrait photographers
Celebrities - Paris-Theatre / Paris-Portrait
Colour - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Actors
Daguerreotypes - Painted daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypists - Great Britain - J.E. Mayall: Daguerreotype portraits
Ephemera - Introduction to identity cards, membership cards, passes and documents
Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Fashion - Headwear
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Actors
Germany - Introduction to photography in Germany
Germany - Ross Verlag: Publisher of real photographic postcards
Hand-painted photographs - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Hand-painted photographs - Painted albumen prints
Hand-painted photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Hand-painted photographs - Painted salt prints
Identity documents and badges - Introduction to identity cards, membership cards, passes and documents
Interiors of photographic studios - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Land transportation - Cars
Lines and shapes - Grids
Marketing - Introduction to marketing
Marketing - Marketing: Studio daybooks, sitters' books, sample books and sample boards
Objects incorporating photographs - Paper objects that incorporate photographs
Painting on photographs - Painted albumen prints
Painting on photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Painting on photographs - Painted salt prints
Paper objects - Paper objects that incorporate photographs
Paper objects - Paris-Theatre / Paris-Portrait
Photo postcards - Ross Verlag: Publisher of real photographic postcards
Photo-mechanical processes - Woodburytypes
Portrait - J.E. Mayall: Daguerreotype portraits
Portrait - Lock and Whitfield (attributed): The Theatre (1877-1897)
Portrait - Nadar: Portraits
Portrait - Paris-Theatre / Paris-Portrait
Portrait - Photographs taken during the same sitting
Portrait - Salt prints: Portraits
Racial issues - Introduction to racial issues
Religions - Alexander Brodie Melville: Description of a Mystic Play, as Performed in Ladak, Zascar &c. (1865) [Tibet]
Retouching, colouring and painting kits - Introduction to retouching
Russia - Introduction to photography in Russia
Salt prints - Painted salt prints
Salt prints - Salt prints: Backgrounds
Salt prints - Salt prints: Portraits
Sample books and sample boards - Marketing: Studio daybooks, sitters' books, sample books and sample boards
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards - Different types of stereo images
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards - Stereoviews: Portraits: Actors
Storage and display - Paper objects that incorporate photographs
Studio necessities - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Tibet - Alexander Brodie Melville: Description of a Mystic Play, as Performed in Ladak, Zascar &c. (1865) [Tibet]
Tibet - Introduction to photography in Tibet
Tipped-in photographs and magazines and journals illustrated with photographs - Alexander Brodie Melville: Description of a Mystic Play, as Performed in Ladak, Zascar &c. (1865) [Tibet]
Tipped-in photographs and magazines and journals illustrated with photographs - Introduction to tipped-in photographs in magazines and journals
Tipped-in photographs and magazines and journals illustrated with photographs - Paris-Theatre / Paris-Portrait
Woodburytypes - Lock and Whitfield (attributed): The Theatre (1877-1897)
Woodburytypes - Lock and Whitfield (attributed): The Theatre (1877-1897)
Woodburytypes - Paris-Theatre / Paris-Portrait
Woodburytypes - Woodburytypes


 
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