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LL/66290
Unidentified photographer (English)
Young girl holding her large doll
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate
 
Capitol Gallery
Spring 2016 auction, Lot: 20
 
LL/66290 [Further details available]

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LL/97506
Unidentified photographer
Young Woman in Green Dress
1857 (ca)
Ambrotype
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 ins (8.9 x 6.4 cm) (sight)
 
American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Object number: 2000.47.9
 
LL/97506

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LL/83515
Unidentified photographer (British?)
Portrait of a seated woman
1856 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
 
Collection of Michael G. Jacob
 
LL/83515 [Further details available]

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LL/112966
Unidentified photographer
M.E. Fawcett nee Hill
1859 (ca)
Ambrotype
 
Private collection of James Morley
 
LL/112966 [Further details available]

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LL/125636
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified woman
n.d.
Ambrotype, hand-coloured
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 2003.36.1
 
LL/125636

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LL/80139
Unidentified photographer
Young lady holding a 1/4 plate photograph of a soldier
1860s (ca)
Ambrotype
 
Private collection of Doug York
 
LL/80139

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LL/11345
Unidentified photographer
Dressed in green
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 62)
 
LL/11345 [Further details available]

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LL/53518
Unidentified photographer
Private William P. Haberlin of Battery B, Pennsylvania Light Artillery in uniform with shoulder scales and great coat
1861-1864
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, hand-coloured
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-37550 (digital file from original, tonality adjusted) LC-DIG-ppmsca-27550 (digital file from original item), Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2261 [P&P] AMB/TIN
 
LL/53518 [Further details available]

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LL/79862
Unidentified photographer (British)
[Man Holding Book, Standing Before a Painted Scenic Backdrop]
1850s-1860s
Ambrotype with applied color
15 x 10.7 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/16 ins) (image)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008, Accession Number: 2015.400.104
 
LL/79862

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LL/112964
Unidentified photographer
John Fawcett
1859
Ambrotype
 
Private collection of James Morley
 
LL/112964

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LL/77150
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a soldier standing infront of a military background
n.d.
Ambrotype, hand-painted
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/77150 [Further details available]

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LL/57623
Thomas Bock [Attributed to]
Margaret Robertson
1852 (ca)
Ambrotype, hand-coloured
8 x 9.3 cm
 
National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011, Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, Accession number: 2011.5
 
LL/57623 [Further details available]

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LL/55422
Unidentified photographer (English)
A family having a picnic
1860s-1870s
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, oversized
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#27 /35)
 
LL/55422

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LL/76151
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of Three Girls, One Holding a Welsh Doll
1850s
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, hand-painted
 
Contemporary Works / Vintage Works
Private collection of Alex Novak (May 2017)
 
LL/76151 [Further details available]

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LL/9183
Cricket Player (UK)
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, with hand-tinting and gilting
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz Ltd (www.cs-photo.com - #7141)
 
LL/9183

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LL/50399
Unidentified photographer
Officer
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, hand-coloured
 
National Science and Media Museum
 
LL/50399

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LL/76296
Samuel Glyde (12 Bridge Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Robert Beatty, a junior officer in the East India Company’s Madras 10th Native Infantry
1855-1858 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/76296 [Further details available]

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LL/117020
Unidentified photographer
Crimean War Soldier
1855 (ca)
Ambrotype
 
Chrysler Museum of Art
Museum purchase, Object number: 88.232
 
LL/117020

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LL/59864
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified boy in Union zouave uniform with drum
1861-1865
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, hand-coloured
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-34499 (digital file from original item), Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 3039 [P&P]
 
LL/59864

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LL/125635
Jesse Harrison Whitehurst
Col. Charles C. Tew, 2nd NC Regt. ca. 1861. KIA Sharpsburg MD, Sept. 17, 1862
1861 (ca)
Ambrotype, hand-coloured
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 19XX.94.19
 
LL/125635

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LL/61855
Thomas S. Jube and Mary Ann Jube (American, 19th Century)
Portrait of a Native American (Iroquois) Man
1855 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate
4-1/4 x 5-1/2 ins (10.8 x 14.0 cm)
 
Heritage Auctions
2015 November 13 Photographs Signature Auction - Dallas #5220
 
LL/61855 [Further details available]

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LL/85050
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of an Iroquois man posing with a knife and spear
1855 (ca)
Ambrotype, hand-coloured
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Posted to Facebook by Luciano Picchioni (30 August 2018)
 
LL/85050

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LL/65653
S.R. Nichols (Omaha, NE)
Chief Crooked Hand, a Pawnee warrior
1850-1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, handcoloured
 
Autry Museum of the American West
Object ID: 14.C.1263
 
LL/65653 [Further details available]

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LL/39131
Unknown (British)
F. Maxwell Lyte?
1870 (ca)
Ambrotype, with applied colour
11 x 8.6 cm
 
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of David Lewall, Andorra, and of Edward and John Lewall, British Columbia, 2003, no. 41334
 
LL/39131 [Further details available]

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LL/75952
Unidentified photographer
Samuel Ames Sandall (1814-1863)
1858 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, hand-painted, framed
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/75952

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LL/75953
Unidentified photographer
Sarah Sandall, wife of Samuel Ames Sandall
1858 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, hand-painted, framed
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/75953

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LL/75954
Unidentified photographer
Caroline Sandall, daughter of Sarah and Samuel Ames Sandall
1858 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, hand-painted, framed
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/75954

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LL/75955
Unidentified photographer
Rosa Sandall with doll, daughter of Sarah and Samuel Ames Sandall
1858 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, hand-painted, framed
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/75955

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LL/75956
Unidentified photographer
Rosa Sandall with doll, daughter of Sarah and Samuel Ames Sandall
1858 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, hand-painted
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/75956

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LL/11149
Attractive young woman with a Pekinese dog on her lap (English)
n.d.
Ambrotype, whole plate
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 149)
 
LL/11149

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LL/50401
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a young woman
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, hand-coloured
 
National Science and Media Museum
 
LL/50401

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LL/68197
J. Douglas
Portrait of a young woman in mourning, holding a daguerreotype and wearing a daguerreotype bracelet
1856 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/8 plate
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.1.19
 
LL/68197 [Further details available]

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LL/84494
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a woman
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
 
Private collection of Dan Smith
 
LL/84494

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LL/96023
Unidentified photographer (English)
Older White Woman and Young Black Woman
1850s
Ambrotype
 
Private collection
 
LL/96023

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LL/11150
G & D Hay (Edinburgh)
Portrait of a lady (Scottish)
n.d.
Ambrotype, 3/4 plate, tinted
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 150)
 
LL/11150 [Further details available]

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LL/9180
Reed Beeder
Untitled
1855-1860
Ambrotype, whole plate, hand-painted
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz Ltd (www.cs-photo.com - #3233)
 
LL/9180

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LL/64389
Unidentified photographer
Mother with child [possibly a post mortem]
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Richard Hart
 
LL/64389

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LL/112873
George Ruff (Brighton, England)
Portrait of a woman
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
 
Private collection of Kelvin Wilson
 
LL/112873

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LL/125405
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a woman knitting or doing crochet
n.d.
Ambrotype, hand-painted
 
Private collection of Susan Higginbotham
 
LL/125405

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LL/125533
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a girl and a dog
n.d.
Ambrotype, hand-painted
10 x 12 in.
 
Private collection of Richard W. Gadd
 
LL/125533

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LL/125536
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a girl and a dog
n.d.
Ambrotype, hand-painted, detail
10 x 12 in.
 
Private collection of Richard W. Gadd
 
LL/125536

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LL/125618
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified African American woman in headscarf, apron, and cape
1860-1870
Ambrotype
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family collection of Civil War Photographs, Reproduction Number LC-DIG-ppmsca-74723
 
LL/125618

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LL/68360
Unidentified photographer
A young boy wearing a blue dress
1850s-1860s
Ambrotype
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.1.3
 
LL/68360

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LL/68378
Charles F. Ravis
Two unidentified women, one seated and one standing, the latter holding a plant on a plinth
1857-1859
Ambrotype, stereo
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.1.162
 
LL/68378

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
African Americans - Introduction to photography by, and of, African Americans
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Military
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Portrait
Ambrotypes - Cased ambrotypes
Ambrotypes - Examples of ambrotypes
Ambrotypes - Painted ambrotypes
Ambrotypes - Stereo ambrotypes
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Patriotic and military backgrounds for portraits during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865) - The Photographic History of the Civil War
Art - Introduction to painting on photographs
Babies - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Patriotic and military backgrounds for portraits during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Cased photographs - Cased ambrotypes
Children - Children in nineteenth century photography
Children - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Colour - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Crimean War (1854-1856) - Introduction to Crimean War (1854-1856)
Curtains - Props, accessories and novelties: Curtains
Dead - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Dead - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Experimental and manipulated photography - Introduction to painting on photographs
Fashion - Headwear
Fashion - Photo-jewelry: Bracelets
Hand-painted photographs - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Hand-painted photographs - Painted ambrotypes
History of photography - Process and product
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Native Americans
Leisure - Leisure: Needle crafts, sewing, knitting and crochet
Memory - Introduction to memory
Memory - Picture in Picture
Military - Ambrotypes: Military
Military - Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Native Americans - Native Americans
Non-paper objects - Photo-jewelry: Bracelets
Painting on photographs - Introduction to painting on photographs
Painting on photographs - Painted ambrotypes
Photo-jewelry - Photo-jewelry: Bracelets
Photograph frames and easels - Photograph frames
Portrait - Ambrotypes: Portrait
Portrait - Introduction to the portrait
Process and product - Process and product
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Curtains
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Tables
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Toys
Retouching, colouring and painting kits - Introduction to painting on photographs
Social life of photographs - Photograph frames
Social outsiders - Native Americans
Sports - Cricket
Sports and pastimes - Leisure: Needle crafts, sewing, knitting and crochet
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards - Stereo ambrotypes
Storage and display - Photograph frames
Tables - Props, accessories and novelties: Tables
Techniques - Process and product
Toys - Props, accessories and novelties: Toys

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