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Athens: The Acropolis
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1.George Bridges
1848
Temple of Wingless Victory, Lately Restored

Paper negative
16.7 x 20.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/8 ins)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, William Talbott Hillman Foundation Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.55
 
LL/40447
2.George Bridges
1848
Acropolis

Salted paper print
14.4 x 21.4 cm (image) 26.2 x 34.5 cm (mount)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_02-01
 
View of the Acropolis from the southwest shows the Parthenon and the Frankish Tower.
 
LL/41627
3.George Bridges
1848
Erechtheion

Salted paper print
15.5 x 21 cm
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_02-03
 
LL/41631
4.George Bridges
1848
[Parthenon from the southeast]

Salted paper print
16.7 x 21.5 cm
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_02-02
 
View of the Parthenon with a barely visible man, in European dress, leaning against a wall at lower left.
 
LL/41634
5.Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Athènes, Parthénon. Fac[ade] et C[olonnade] Nord

Daguerreotype
Christie's - London
Christies (Sale 6762: Lot 11 - 20 May 2003, 6:30 pm - Important Daguerreotypes By Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey - From the Archive of the Artist)
 
LL/7470
6.Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours
1841 (ca)
Le Parthenon a Athens
[Excursions Daguerriennes, representant les vues et les monuments les plus remarquables du globe (Paris, 1841-1864)]

Engraving
National Science and Media Museum
Engraving by Martens based on an original daguerreotype by Pierre-Gustave Joly de LotbiniÞre.
 
Published by Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours.
 
LL/41617
7.Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours
1841 (ca)
L'Acropolis a Athenes
[Excursions Daguerriennes, representant les vues et les monuments les plus remarquables du globe (Paris, 1841-1864)]

Engraving
Archive Farms
LL/41618
8.Claudius Galen Wheelhouse
1849 (ca)
The Erectheum, Athens

Albumen print
National Science and Media Museum
The Royal Photographic Society, Ref Number: 2003-5001/2/22544/20
 
LL/41828
9.Claudius Galen Wheelhouse
1849 (ca)
The Erectheum, Athens

Albumen print
National Science and Media Museum
The Royal Photographic Society, Ref Number: 2003-5001/2/22544/21
 
LL/41829
10.Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros
1850, May-June
View of the East Facade of the Propylaea on the Acropolis, Athens

Daguerreotype
14.9 x 20 cm (5 7/8 x 7 7/8 ins)
 
CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture
This Daguerreotype was included in "The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, 1839-1855" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum.
 
LL/39778
11.Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros
1850
Athènes, Parthénon, détail de la frise des Panathénées, côté nord

Daguerreotype
11 x 14.5 cm
 
Musée d'Orsay
(C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) - Hervé Lewandowski, Europeana Identifier: RMNDO000000278785 ; PHO1985-77
 
LL/42622
12.Francis Bedford
1862
Erechtheum general view from the east

Albumen print
10.2 x 12.7 cm (image) 19 x 24 cm (mount)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_04-06-06
 
Title from inscription on mount, lower right: "Plate 48. Athens. The Erechtheum General View from the East." "Photographed by Francis Bedford during / [the Tour in the] the East on which by Command / [he accompanied] His Royal Highness / The Prince of Wales"--inscribed on mount, lower left, with text missing where mount is torn. "168 [?] / Athens / FBedford / May 30/62"--inscribed in negative, lower right.
 
LL/41632
13.Francis Frith
1850-1870s (ca)
622 Athens Acropolis

Albumen print, from wet collodion glass negative
6.5 x 8 in (image, approx)
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum Number: E.208:163-1994, Acquired from F. Frith and Company, 1954
 
LL/36335
14.Francis Frith
1850-1870s (ca)
629 Athens Temple of Victory

Albumen print, from wet collodion glass negative
6.5 x 8 in (image, approx)
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum Number: E.208:167-1994, Acquired from F. Frith and Company, 1954
 
LL/36336
15.Philippos Margaritis
1855 (ca)
[Interior of Propylaea, Athens]

Salted paper print from wet collodion negative
24 x 29.1 cm (image) 47.6 x 62.2 cm (mount)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_03-07
 
View of the Propylaia, looking toward the Frankish Tower.
 
LL/41633
16.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
24 x 32 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36652
17.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Porch, Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
24 x 32 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36658
18.Unidentified photographer
1865 (ca)
[Acropolis, Athens]

Albumen print
14 x 20.3 cm (image) 23.5 x 30.4 cm (mount)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_04-01-04
 
View of the Acropolis from the Monument of Philopappos on the Mouseion Hill.
 
LL/41626
19.J. Pascal Sebah
n.d.
Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
24 x 32 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36632
20.P. Moraites
n.d.
Facade, Temple of Athena Nike (Temple of Nike Apteros; Temple of Wingless Victory), Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
24 x 32 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36637
21.P. Moraites
n.d.
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
24 x 32 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36653
22.P. Moraites
n.d.
Porch, Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
24 x 32 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36656
23.P. Moraites
n.d.
Porch, Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
24 x 32 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36657
24.P. Moraites
1870 (ca)
Akropolis, Athens
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/26037
25.Dmitri Constantine
1859-1870 (ca)
Panoramic view of the area around Palace Square (now Syntagma [Constitution] Square) showing Lykavittos (also known as Lycabettus) Hill, the Royal Palace (also known as the Old Palace; now the Parliament), the Demetriou House, and Plaka, Athens, Greece

Albumen print
27.4 x 37.4 cm
 
CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture
PH1986:0901:045
 
LL/40675
26.Dmitri Constantine
1880 (ca)
Temple of Nike, Acropolis, Athens

Albumen print
280 x 385 mm (11 x 15 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
Photographer's credit in negative, pasted on original thin card.
 
LL/30116
27.Dmitri Constantine
1865 (ca)
Athenes, Erechtheon

Albumen print
27.7 x 37 cm (image) 35.5 x 52 cm (mount)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_04-06-10
 
View of the Erechtheion from the east.
 
This photographer is also recorded as Dimitris Konstantinou (Getty Research Institute).
 
LL/41629
28.Dmitri Constantine
1865 (ca)
Athenes, Parthénon

Albumen print
37.8 x 27.3 cm (image) 54.6 x 35.5 cm (mount)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_04-05-07
 
View from the north of the northwest corner of the Parthenon.
 
This photographer is also recorded as Dimitris Konstantinou (Getty Research Institute).
 
LL/41630
29.Dmitri Constantine
1860s
Relief of Parthenon

Albumen print
22.1 x 27 cm
 
Ken & Jenny Jacobson
LL/43192
30.Félix Bonfils
1868-1875
Arch of Hadrian with Acropolis in Background, Long View [Athens, Greece]

Albumen print
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
The original photograph is housed in Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Brunnow Papers.
 
LL/41619
31.Félix Bonfils
1868-1875
The Propylaia from the East, Interior [Athens, Greece]

Albumen print
Princeton University Library
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Brunnow Papers.
 
LL/41620
32.Félix Bonfils
1868-1875
The Propylaia from the West, Exterior [Athens, Greece]

Albumen print
Princeton University Library
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Brunnow Papers.
 
LL/41621
33.Félix Bonfils
1868-1875
Theater of Dionysos [Athens, Greece]

Albumen print
Princeton University Library
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Brunnow Papers.
 
LL/41622
34.Félix Bonfils
1868-1875
Odeion of Herodes Atticus, Interior [Athens, Greece]

Albumen print
Princeton University Library
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Brunnow Papers.
 
LL/41623
35.Félix Bonfils
1868-1875
Crenellated Wall Constructed from Debris [Athens, Greece]

Albumen print
Princeton University Library
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Brunnow Papers.
 
LL/41624
36.Félix Bonfils
1868-1875
Acropolis from the Theseion Plaza [Athens, Greece]

Albumen print
Princeton University Library
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Brunnow Papers.
 
LL/41625
37.William J. Stillman
1868
Portico of the Pandrosium, Athens

Carbon print
7 3/8 x 9 1/4 ins
 
Archive Farms
LL/38889
38.William J. Stillman
1882
Western Portico of the Parthenon

Albumen print, from gelatin dry plate negative
38.20 x 36.70 cm (15 x 14 7/16 ins) (image)
 
Cleveland Museum of Art
John L. Severance Fund, Accession No.: 1993.34
 
LL/40877
39.William J. Stillman
1869-1870
The Acropolis of Athens, plate 20
23.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/8 x 7 3/8 ins) (image) 53.1 x 36.8 cm (20 7/8 x 14 1/2 ins) (mount)
 
National Gallery of Art
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation through Robert and Joyce Menschel, 2006.86.3
 
LL/41616
40.William J. Stillman
1869-1870
[Information sought]
[Selected studies of the Acropolis]

Albumen print
240 x 190mm
 
Source requested
LL/6265
41.Félix Bonfils
1878 (before)
Caryatides of the Erechtheum

Albumen silver print
22.8 x 28.4 cm
 
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Purchased 1972, no. 20967.43
 
This photograph is available through CyberMuse - cybermuse.gallery.ca (Accessed: August 2010).
 
LL/38953
42.Félix Bonfils
1875 (ca)
Athenes Temple de Jupider Olympien

Albumen print
20 x 25 cm (image) 30 x 50 cm (mount)
 
Vintage-Photos
LL/35730
43.James Robertson
1855 (ca)
A ruined temple, Greece [The Propylaea of the Acropolis, Athens]

Albumen print
23.7 x 25.9 cm
 
National Science and Media Museum
LL/39423
44.James Robertson
1854
[Acropolis, Athens]

Salted paper print from wet collodion negative
25.9 x 29.1 cm (image) 31.4 x 35.3 cm (mount)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Library, Special Collections and Visual Resources, Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, 1842-1959, Id: 92.r.84_03-01
 
View of the Acropolis showing the Frankish Tower and the Beulé Gate.
 
LL/41628
45.Chusseau-Flaviens
1900-1919 (ca)
Athenes le Parthenon

Negative, gelatin on glass
11 x 15 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Record Id: 1975:0111:2131
 
LL/35685
46.Dmitri Constantine
1858 (ca)
The Temple of Athena Nike from the East

Albumenized salt print
23.5 x 20 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4245)
 
Dorothea Ritter. Im Lichte des Helios. Griechenland in fruhen Photographien aus der Sammlung Siegert. Munich 1999, see ill. p. 66.
 
LL/32467
47.Dimitriou Dimitriou
1875 (ca)
Vue généralde d'Athenes, et de l'Acropole, Grece

Albumen print
20 x 25 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
LL/40002
48.Dimitriou Dimitriou
1875 (ca)
Les Cariatides, Acropole, Athenes, Grece

Albumen print
20 x 25 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
LL/40003
49.Adolphe Braun
1889 (ca)
Propylées - Athens

Carbon print
30 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/11531
50.Félix Bonfils
1878 (before)
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece

Albumen silver print
22.8 x 28.4 cm
 
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Purchased 1972, no. 20967.41
 
This photograph is available through CyberMuse - cybermuse.gallery.ca (Accessed: August 2010).
 
LL/39031
51.Félix Bonfils
1878 (before)
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece (east view)

Albumen silver print
22.8 x 28.4 cm
 
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Purchased 1972, no. 20967.42
 
This photograph is available through CyberMuse - cybermuse.gallery.ca (Accessed: August 2010).
 
LL/39032
52.Fred Boissonnas
1900 (ca)
Parthenon after the storm

Carbon print
17 1/2 x 22 1/4
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5882
53.Unidentified photographer
1865 (ca)
[The Calf-Bearer and the Kritios Boy Shortly After Exhumation on the Acropolis]

Albumen silver print, from glass negative
27.1 x 21.8 cm (10 11/16 x 8 9/16 ins )
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.56
 
LL/40478
54.Fred Boissonnas
1910 (ca)
L'Erechteum, Athenes, Grece

Albumen print
22.5 x 16.5 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
LL/40009
   
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