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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
 
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20560
USA

www.npg.si.edu
Tel: 202 275 1738
Fax: 202 275 1887

 
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Unidentified photographer, 1873, 2 January, William Henry Jackson, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97476
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1863, Road Outside Culpeper, VA With Photographer's Wagon, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97519
Meade Brothers Studio, 1865 (ca), Henry William Mathew Meade and Sarah Meade, Tintype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80218
Randall Studio, 1870 (ca), Sojourner Truth, Albumen print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/53133
Ezra Greenleaf Weld, 1850, Frederick Douglass at Fugitive Slave Law Convention, Cazenovia, New York, Daguerreotype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/68725
John Goldin & Company, 1865 (ca), George Armstrong Custer, Carte de visite, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113653
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97556
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca), The Pantaloon from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages" of Man, [Seven Ages of Man], Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97491
Francis D'Avignon (artist, 29 Oct 1813 - c. 1871), 1851, Mathew B. Brady, Lithograph on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80222
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97553
Unidentified artist, 1863 (?), The Views of Judge Woodward and Bishop Hopkins on Negro Slavery at the South, Illustrated from the Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation by Mrs Frances Anne Kemble, [Philadelphia? : s.n., 1863?], Cover, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/50448
Sarony, 1895 (ca), Napoleon Sarony (9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896), Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97540
Southworth & Hawes, 1848 (ca), Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Francis Hawes and Charles Ebenezer Hawes, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80235
Alexander Gardner, 1863 (ca), Backmark for "Gardner, Corner 7th & D Sts, Washington, D.C.", Carte de visite, back, detail, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97481
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97557
Mathew B. Brady, 1854, Brady's Daguerreotypes, Advertisement, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97498
C.M. Bell, 1881?, John Roy Lynch (10 Sep 1847 - 2 Nov 1939), Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2051
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca), The School Boy from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages" of Man, [Seven Ages of Man], Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97487
Meade Brothers Studio, 1853, Interior View of Meade Brothers' Daguerreotype Gallery, Broadway, New York, Wood engraving on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97500
L.H. Griffin, 1858, Business card for L. H. Griffin's Ambrotype Rooms, Business card, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97505
Thomas Faris (1814 - ?), 1851, Jenny Lind, 6 Oct 1821 - 2 Nov 1887, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113861
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Portrait of Jeremiah Gurney, Albumen print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/68722
Thomas Faris (1814 - ?), 1851, Jenny Lind, 6 Oct 1821 - 2 Nov 1887, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113860
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca, copy of earlier print), Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, Photographic negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97549
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1851 (ca), Mathew B. Brady, (1823?-15 Jan 1896), Juliette Handy Brady (1822-1887) and Mrs. Haggerty (19th Century), Daguerreotype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2043
Frederick Gutekunst, 1865 (ca), Unidentified man, formerly alleged to be Frederick Gutekunst, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97478
Harroun & Bierstadt, 1880, Members of the Photographers' Association of America, Artotype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/106160
Allen & Rowell, 1870 (ca), Albert Southworth, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80232
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97561
N. Thomas (artist, 1825-1925?), 1861, Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, Lithograph, hand-colored, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/81863
Mathew B. Brady, 1864 (ca, taken) 1890 (c, print), George Armstrong Custer, [1861 The War For the Union 1865 / 1861 Photographic War History 1865], Stereoview, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113641
Seneca Ray Stoddard, 1870 (ca), Seneca Ray Stoddard - "Ausable Chasm", Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97468
Seneca Ray Stoddard, 1870 (ca), Seneca Ray Stoddard - "Ausable Chasm", Carte de visite, detail, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97470
Mathew B. Brady, 1853 (ca), M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London, Engraving, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97504
William E. Bowman, 1865 (ca), William E. Bowman, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97483
Anderson (785 Broadway), 1870 (ca), Thomas Alva Edison, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97485
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Jenny Lind, 6 Oct 1821 - 2 Nov 1887, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113862
Jacob A. Riis, 1901 (ca), Jacob Riis (3 May 1849 - 26 May 1914), Gelatin silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2055
Washington Lafayette Germon, 1870 (ca), Business card of Washington Germon, Business card, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97473
Unidentified photographer, n.d., James Gardner, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97477
J.A. Whipple, 1860 (ca), John A. Whipple, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80233
Powell & Co., 1865, Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment Picture, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113642
Unidentified artist, 1863, 4 July, Harper's Weekly, Magazine page, engraving on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/50449
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca), The Lover from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages" of Man, [Seven Ages of Man], Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97488
Unidentified photographer, 1851 (ca), Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins (25 Jul 1844-25 Jun 1916) and Frances Eakins (1848-?), Daguerreotype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2046
Marcus Aurelius Root, 1851, Broadside for Marcus & Samuel Root Daguerreotypes, Broadside, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97502
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca), Second Childishness from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages" of Man, [Seven Ages of Man], Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97492
Jeremiah Gurney, 1854, J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery, 349 Broadway, New York, Advertisement, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97499
Unidentified photographer, 1859 (ca), George Armstrong Custer, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113652
William Illingworth, 1874, Our first Grizzly, killed by General Custer, [Stereographs of the Black Hills], Stereoview, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113654
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97560
Unidentified photographer, 1872 (ca), Herman Vogel, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97534
Sarony, 1890 (ca), Napoleon Sarony (9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896), Photogravure, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2056
Unidentified photographer, 1863 (ca), George Armstrong Custer, Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113655
Unidentified photographer, 1847 (ca), Frederick Douglass, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/33086
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97558
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97555
Bradley & Rulofson, 1875 (ca), William Rulofson, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97531
Adam Clark Vroman, 1904, Self-portrait of photographer Adam Clark Vroman (1856-1916), Arizona, Apache, Canyon de Chelly, Platinum print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/119616
Auguste Edouart (1788-1861), 1842, George Washington Whistler and Lady Whistler Haden, Silhouette, ink, chalk and cut paper on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/84793
Bishop & Gray Studio, 1843, John Quincy Adams, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/60153
Alexander Gardner, 1863 (ca), Backmark for "Gardner, Corner 7th & D Sts, Washington, D.C.", Carte de visite, back, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97480
Mathew B. Brady, 1852 (ca), Brady's National Gallery of Daguerreotypes, Advertisement, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97497
Unidentified artist, 1863, 10 June (date of invoice), Meade Brothers invoice, Document, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80216
Jessie Tarbox Beals, 1904, US President Theodore Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt and David Rowland at the Universal Exposition in St Louis, Missouri, Photograph, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/84940
Unidentified photographer, 1849 (ca), Seth Boyden, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80230
Unidentified photographer, 1875 (ca), Henry Rocher, Collotype-like process, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/115503
Meade Brothers Studio, 1853 (daguerreotype) 1860 (ca, copy), Chateau of Daguerre at Bry-Sur-Marne, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97494
Meade Brothers Studio, 1853 (daguerreotype) 1860 (ca, copy), Monument at the Tomb of Daguerre, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97495
Mathew B. Brady, 1863, Peter (formerly identified as "Gordon"), Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/50446
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97559
Francis D'Avignon (artist, 29 Oct 1813 - c. 1871), 1851, John Adams Whipple, Lithograph on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80231
McClees & Vannerson (active 1857-1860) (copy after John Hawley Clarke), 1852 (original) 1858 (copy), Billy Bowlegs, Salted paper print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113640
Charles DeForest Fredricks, 1870 (ca), Charles D. Fredricks, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97538
Meade Brothers Studio, 1865 (ca), Henry William Mathew Meade, Photograph, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80219
Unidentified photographer, 1855 (ca), Albert Sands Southworth, Salted paper print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80223
Seneca Ray Stoddard, 1870 (ca), Seneca Ray Stoddard - "Ausable Chasm", Carte de visite, detail, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97469
Broadway Photo Studio, 1917, 21 June, Portrait multiple de Marcel Duchamp (Five-Way Portrait of Marcel Duchamp), Gelatin silver print, photo postcard, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/47494
Mathew B. Brady, 1856, John Draper, Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113649
Unidentified photographer, 1900 (ca), Jacob Riis (3 May 1849 - 26 May 1914), Gelatin silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2054
Unidentified photographer, 1847 (ca), Frederick Douglass, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/127006
Auguste Edouart (1788-1861), 1843, Thomas Sully, Silhouette, ink, chalk and cut paper on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/84794
Abraham Bogardus, 1872 (ca), Sarah Bernhardt, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97475
Unidentified photographer, 1875 (ca), John Carbutt, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97536
Josiah Johnson Hawes, 1895 (ca), Josiah Johnson Hawes (20 Feb 1808-7 Aug 1901), Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2050
Unidentified photographer, 1847 (ca, taken) 1850 (ca, after, copy), Frederick Douglass, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/72899
Edward David Ritton, 1865 (ca), Edward D. Ritton, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97474
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1890 (ca), Abraham Bogardus,1822 - 1908, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2042
Alexander Gardner, 1868 (ca), Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery, Wood engraving, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97522
Nicolaas Henneman, 1847, Edward Anthony, Calotype, paper negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97542
Unidentified artist, 1863, 4 July, The scourged back, Magazine illustration, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/50447
Harris & Ewing Studio (active 1905-1977), 1905 (ca), Harris & Ewing Studio (interior), Gelatin silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97535
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Jenny Lind, 6 Oct 1821 - 2 Nov 1887, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113863
Meade Brothers Studio, 1853, Interior View of Meade Brothers' Daguerreotype Gallery, Broadway, New York, Wood engraving on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97501
Meade Brothers Studio, 1854 (or later), Plaque "To Washington An Humble Tribute from Two Disciples of Daguerre" placed by the Meade Brothers at the Washington Monument, Daguerreotype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/70662
Alexander Gardner, 1863, Alexander Gardner, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/45551
John K. Hillers, 1874, John Wesley Powell with Tau-ruv, a Ute woman, Stereocard, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/95922
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca), The Infant from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages" of Man, [Seven Ages of Man], Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97486
Peter Krasnow, 1925, Edward Henry Weston (24 Mar 1886 - 1 Jun 1958), Oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2059
Francis D'Avignon (artist, 29 Oct 1813 - c. 1871), 1851 (ca), Henry and Charles Meade, Lithograph on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80234
William E. Bowman, 1865 (ca), William E. Bowman, Carte de visite, detail, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97484
Unidentified artist, n.d., Elmer Ellsworth, Oil painting, detail, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/81864
Unidentified photographer, 1859 (ca), George Armstrong Custer, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113651
I.W. Taber, 1885 (ca), Isiah Taber, Cabinet card, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97532
Unidentified photographer, 1856, Frederick Douglass, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/127007
Jose Mora, 1870 (ca), George Armstrong Custer, Carte de visite, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113656
Unidentified artist / maker, 1808 (ca), Rev. Absalom Jones of the Affrican Church Philada., Liverpool ware jug, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/84795
Harroun & Bierstadt, 1880 (ca), Henry Draper (7 Mar 1837-20 Nov 1882), Carbon print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2045
Almon Harris Thompson (1839-1906) or Grove Karl Gilbert (1843-1918), 1875, John K. Hillers (1843-1925) inspecting a photographic plate in Utah while surrounded by his equipment,, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/95911
Benjamin Maxham, 1856, Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862), Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/76470
William Notman, n.d., William Notman, Artotype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97537
Mathew B. Brady, 1856, John Draper, Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113650
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1863, Mathew Brady at Gettysburg, Photograph, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80221
Davis Garber, 1885 (ca), Jacob Riis (3 May 1849 - 26 May 1914), Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2053
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Soap Factory Workers, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97554
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1860-1870 (ca), Jenny Lind, 6 Oct 1821 - 2 Nov 1887, Photographic Negative, Glass plate collodion negative, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113864
Unidentified photographer, 1855 (ca), Albert Sands Southworth, Salted paper print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97539
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1874 (ca), Wheeler Survey Members, including George Montague Wheeler; Timothy O'Sullivan, Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2060
John Plumbe Jr., 1847, John Plumbe, Jr. Self-Portrait, [The National Plumbeotype Gallery], Lithograph, on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2058
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca), The Soldier from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages" of Man, [Seven Ages of Man], Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97489
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified artist, 1860 (ca), The Third and Last Committee of Conference of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on the Army Appropriation Bill, Retouched composite salted paper print mounted on cardboard, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/113644
Benjamin Maxham, 1856, Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862), Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/76467
Meade Brothers Studio, 1862 (ca), Meade Brothers frontispiece for albums, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97496
Alexander Gardner, 1863 (ca), Timothy O'Sullivan, Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97479
Francis D'Avignon (artist, 29 Oct 1813 - c. 1871) / Albert Hoffman (artist, active 1849-1854), 1849, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, Lithograph on paper, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80228
Meade Brothers Studio, 1860 (ca), The Justice from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages" of Man, [Seven Ages of Man], Carte de visite, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/97490
Currier & Ives Lithography Company (active 1857-1907), 1861 (ca), Elmer Ellsworth, Lithograph, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/81862
Sarony, 1895 (ca), Napoleon Sarony (9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896), Albumen silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/2057
Meade Brothers Studio, 1859 (ca), Henry W. M. Meade with Sarah A. Meserole Meade, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, LL/80227
   

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