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Victor Daveluy (Bruges)
Studio portrait of a young woman from Bruges in traditional attire
n.d.
Carte de visite

Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde

LL/94595 [Further details available]

1 of 25

Austen's Photographic Gallery (Oswego, NY)
A studio portrait of a woman standing in front of a painted background of a castle
n.d.
Carte de visite

Private collection of Susan Higginbotham

LL/123837

2 of 25

Unidentified photographer
One man playing with a camera while the two others pray
n.d.
Cabinet card

Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus

LL/78381 [Further details available]

3 of 25

Unidentified photographer (German)
Young Woman Daydreaming about Having a Child
1870-1890 (ca)
Carte de visite

Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2002-110

LL/78705

4 of 25

John Urie
[Unidentified bearded man, holding an umbrella, standing]
1862-1865
Carte de visite

J. Paul Getty Museum
84.XD.1157.330

LL/96495

5 of 25

Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a standing boy with a painting background behind him showing the view through the window
n.d.
Carte de visite

Private collection of Colleen Nadas

LL/105885

6 of 25

M. Ackerman (Gorlitz, Germany)
A hunter with his dog in front of a painted studio background
n.d.
Carte de visite

Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
Current whereabouts unknown.

LL/101093

7 of 25

H.E. Insley (Jersey City)
Studio portrait of a man standing in front of a painted background
n.d.
Carte de visite

Private collection of Graham Pilecki

LL/112864

8 of 25

Camille Silvy
Duchess of Manchester
1860
Carte de visite

Paul Frecker

LL/12805 [Further details available]

9 of 25

Camille Silvy
Lady Galloway and family
1860
Carte de visite

Paul Frecker

LL/12813 [Further details available]

10 of 25

Masterson & Wood's Photographic Gallery (Rochester, N.Y.)
Untitled (Double exposure portrait of a young man)
n.d.
Carte de visite

Private collection

LL/38663 [Further details available]

11 of 25

J. Boysen (Colusa, Cal.)
A women behind a painted window foreground
n.d.
Carte de visite

Private collection of Graham Pilecki

LL/120931

12 of 25

Camille Silvy
HRH The Princess Alice of Great Britain, third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
1861, 4 July
Carte de visite, hand-coloured

Private collection of Saskia Albert

LL/61195

13 of 25

J.E. Mayall
Princess Alexandra
1861 (ca)
Carte de visite, hand-coloured
4.1 x 2.5 ins

Archive Farms

LL/44808 [Further details available]

14 of 25

Southwell Brothers
Princess Alexandra
n.d.
Carte de visite, hand-coloured

Paul Frecker

LL/12018 [Further details available]

15 of 25

Unidentified photographer
Der Landmann. No. 1660. The Peasant
n.d.
Carte de visite, back

Private collection of Dr. Adrian-Silvan Ionescu

LL/86097

16 of 25

Charles Leinack
Black boy being blessed by a priest [Garçon noir béni par un prêtre]
1860 (ca)
Carte de visite

Private collection of Michel Mégnin

LL/29487 [Further details available]

17 of 25

Bartolomeo Borri
Woman of Corfu in local costume
n.d.
Carte de visite, hand-painted

Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#23 / 143)

LL/42963 [Further details available]

18 of 25

Eurenius & Quist
A Swedish woman from Sköne
n.d.
Carte de visite

Paul Frecker

LL/12039

19 of 25

N.C. Hansen & Schou (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Greenlander
n.d.
Carte de visite

Private collection of William Jones

LL/90597 [Further details available]

20 of 25

Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname.
1870s
Carte de visite

British Museum
Museum number: Oc,A3.101

LL/89701

21 of 25

Alexander Landau
Muslim woman
n.d.
Carte de visite, hand-painted

Private collection of Fr. Gregor

LL/50866

22 of 25

Ignacy Krieger (1817-1889, Kraków)
Peasant woman standing by a fence
1870s
Carte de visite, hand-painted

Private collection of Fr. Gregor

LL/54770

23 of 25

Francis Hacker
Jeff’s Soliloquy: To Be or Not to Be (Hanged) That’s the Question, 1986.
1865
Carte de visite

International Center of Photography (ICP)
Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012

LL/47801 [Further details available]

24 of 25

Courret Hermanos
An Aboriginal group
1868 (ca)
Carte de visite

National Library of Australia
Libraries Australia ID: 28442325, Call Number: PIC/9821 LOC Box PIC/9821

LL/84438 [Further details available]

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1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Photographers

PhV	Bartolomeo Borri
PhV	Courret Hermanos
PhV	Eurenius & Quist
PhV	Alexander Landau
PhV	Charles Leinack
PhV	J.E. Mayall
PhV	Camille Silvy
PhV	Southwell Brothers

Online Exhibitions

PhV	19th Century Photographic Studios: Backgrounds
PhV	Albumen prints
PhV	Boys and girls - Photos d’identité - in colonial French Algeria
PhV	Painting on photographs: A 19th Century perspective
PhV	Portrait: Occupational portraits
PhV	Royalty and Photography in Europe, An Introduction
PhV	Southwell Brothers: Photographers of Victorian London society
PhV	The Commercial Portraiture of Camille Silvy

Contents - Themes & Fragments

PhV	Albumen prints - Albumen prints
PhV	Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Experimental and manipulated photography
PhV	Algeria - Boys and girls - Photos d’identité - in colonial French Algeria
PhV	American Civil War (1861-1865) - Photomontage during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
PhV	American Civil War (1861-1865) - Propaganda during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
PhV	Anthropology and ethnology - Courret Hermanos: Tipos (Bolivia)
PhV	Arctic - Greenland: indigenous peoples
PhV	Australia - Aborigines
PhV	Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
PhV	Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Incongruous
PhV	Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
PhV	Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
PhV	Bolivia - Courret Hermanos: Tipos (Bolivia)
PhV	Bosnia Herzegovina - Alexander Landau: Ethnic and traditional clothing from Bosnia Herzegovina
PhV	Bosnia Herzegovina - Introduction to Bosnia and Herzegovina
PhV	Cartes de visite - Camille Silvy: Carte de visite portraits
PhV	Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
PhV	Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: British royalty
PhV	Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
PhV	Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Multiple exposures
PhV	Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
PhV	Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Photographica
PhV	Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite
PhV	Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
PhV	Cartes de visite - Painted cartes de visite
PhV	Christianity - Christianity
PhV	Christianity - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
PhV	Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
PhV	Early political photomontage - Photomontage during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
PhV	Ethnic and traditional costumes - Alexander Landau: Ethnic and traditional clothing from Bosnia Herzegovina
PhV	Ethnic and traditional costumes - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
PhV	Fabricated realities - Backgrounds: Incongruous
PhV	Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
PhV	Fakes, forgeries, tricks and deceptions - Cartes de visite: Multiple exposures
PhV	Family life - Motherhood
PhV	Fashion - Headwear
PhV	Guns - Hunters with their guns
PhV	Hand-painted photographs - Painted cartes de visite
PhV	Interiors of photographic studios - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
PhV	Multiple exposures - Cartes de visite: Multiple exposures
PhV	Occupational - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
PhV	Occupational - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
PhV	Occupations and roles - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
PhV	Painting on photographs - Painted cartes de visite
PhV	Peoples of the world - Aborigines
PhV	Peoples of the world - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
PhV	Peoples of the world - People of the world
PhV	Poland - Introduction to photography in Poland
PhV	Poland - The carte de visite in Poland
PhV	Portrait - Camille Silvy: Carte de visite portraits
PhV	Portrait - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
PhV	Propaganda - Propaganda during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
PhV	Religions - Christianity
PhV	Royalty - Cartes de visite: British royalty
PhV	Scotland - Introduction to photography in Scotland
PhV	Studio necessities - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
PhV	Suriname - Introduction to photography in Suriname
PhV	Suriname - Unidentified photographer: Suriname: Cartes de visite (1870s)
PhV	Tipos - Courret Hermanos: Tipos (Bolivia)
PhV	USA - Photomontage during the American Civil War (1861-1865)