Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to printing and illustration |
| Photographs as the basis for illustration |
| 2 | Illustrations based on Daguerreotypes: Military |
| 3 | Ambrotypes: Used as the basis for illustrations |
| Art and photography |
| 4 | Paintings and prints based on photographs or vice versa |
| Camera obscura |
| 5 | People using camera obscuras |
| 6 | Photographs based on known paintings |
| Dark tents and dark boxes |
| 7 | Dark tents and dark boxes |
| Photographic studios |
| 8 | Illustrations of the exteriors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios |
| 9 | Illustrations of the interiors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios |
| 10 | Daguerreotype apparatus (1843) |
| 11 | Daguerreotype apparatus (1853) |
| 12 | Props, accessories and novelties: Chairs - Illustrations |
| 13 | Props, accessories and novelties: Head rests - illustrations |
| 14 | Stereoscopes: Book, magazine and ephemera illustrations |
| Photographers |
| 15 | Edward Bierstadt: Photographic Illustrations Of Skin Diseases (1864) |
| 16 | Shakespearean characters from "Illustrated Tallis's Shakespeare" (1860) |
| 17 | Philip Henry Delamotte: Illustrations of Roman mosaics assisted by Talbotype copying and reduction (1850) |
| 18 | George Henry Fox: Photographic Illustrations of Skin Diseases (1881) |
| 19 | Edward Linley Sambourne: Photographs as a source for cartoons and illustrations |
| Illustrations related to photography |
| 20 | Humorous illustrations and photography |
| 21 | Illustrations of nineteenth century photographic sessions |
| 22 | Illustrations of people taking photographs |
| Patent illustrations |
| 23 | Patent illustrations |
| 24 | Patent illustrations |
