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The Ancient World: 19th Century Photographers
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1.Maxime Du Camp
1850
Kalabscheh. Ptolémée Caesarion
[Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie, pl. 91]

Papier salé d'après négatif papier
23 x 16.5 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Ancienne collection Prisse d'Avesnes
 
LL/7841
2.Félix Teynard
1851-1852
General View of the Ruins, Kom-Ombo.

Fonteny salt print from waxed paper negative
9 1/4 x 11 3/4
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
LL/4212
3.John Beasly Greene
1854
Le Sphinx de Gizeh
[Le Nil, pl. 1]

Papier salé d'après négatif papier
23.5 x 30 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Acquisition 1943
 
LL/7834
4.Francis Frith
1857
Rock-Tombs, and Pyramid

Albumen print
6 1/16 x 9 in
 
Lee Gallery
Image courtesy of the Lee Gallery (www.leegallery.com)
 
LL/3221
5.Gustave Le Gray
1867, July
Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak

Albumen print
12 3/4 x 16 1/2
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
© J. Paul Getty Trust [95.XM.55]
 
LL/6049
6.Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Rome, Temple de Vesta

Daguerreotype
Christie's - London
Christies (Sale 6762: Lot 8 - 20 May 2003, 6:30 pm - Important Daguerreotypes By Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey - From the Archive of the Artist)
 
For an analysis of this photograph: Juliet Hacking (ed.), 2012, Photography: The Whole Story, (Prestel), pp. 30-31
 
LL/7469
7.Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Rome, Colonne Trajane

Daguerreotype
Christie's - London
Christies (Sale 6762: Lot 6 - 20 May 2003, 6:30 pm - Important Daguerreotypes By Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey - From the Archive of the Artist)
 
LL/7468
8.Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg
1840 (ca)
Rome: Le Temple d'Hercule ou de Vesta

Daguerreotype
12 x 16 cm
 
Musée d'Orsay
Sur plaque estampée en creux sur le bord droit ""Daguerréotype Richebourg a Paris, Quai de l'Horloge 69"", poinçon 30 millièmes. C. 1844."
 
LL/44277
9.Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg
1840 (ca)
Rome: Le Forum romain avec Temple de Saturne

Daguerreotype
12 x 16 cm
 
Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes
Exceptionnel ensemble de 9 daguerréotypes Romes, vers 1840 (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 23 October 2011, Lot: 4)
 
Sur plaque estampée en creux sur le bord droit ""Daguerréotype Richebourg a Paris, Quai de l'Horloge 69"", poinçon 30 millièmes. C. 1844."
 
LL/44279
10.Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg
1840 (ca)
Rome: L'Arc de Constantin et le Colisée

Daguerreotype
12 x 16 cm
 
Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes
Exceptionnel ensemble de 9 daguerréotypes Romes, vers 1840 (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 23 October 2011, Lot: 5)
 
Avec femme a l'ombrelle au pied, sur plaque estampée en creux sur le bord droit ""Daguerréotype Richebourg a Paris, Quai de l'Horl oge 69"", poinçon 30 millièmes. C. 1844. N.B : avec le bout du Colisée sur la gauche car non redressé."
 
LL/44280
11.Sommer & Behles
1865 (ca)
Forum Trajanum

Albumen print
15 x 11
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5845
12.Calvert Richard Jones
1846
Colosseum, Rome

Calotype
187 x 225 mm
 
Det Nationale Fotomuseum (National Museum of Photography)
Danish National Museum of Photography (acc. nr. 1967-337/10)
 
LL/7983
13.Jane Martha St. John
1856
The Colosseum

Albumen silver print
7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in (19.5 x 25 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
 
This photograph was included in the exhibition "Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (September 25, 2007-December 31, 2007)
 
LL/25994
14.Unidentified photographer
1875 (ca)
Colosseum, Rome

Albumen print
7 x 10.5 ins 180 x 265 mm
 
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 3wo386)
 
LL/8127
15.Robert Macpherson
1868 (ca)
Temple of Fortuna Virilius and the House of Rienzi

Albumen print, from Collodian Negative
12 x 15 3/4
 
Klotz / Sirmon Gallery (CLOSED)
LL/3355
16.Robert Macpherson
1860 (ca)
Arch of Septimus Severus, in the Roman Forum

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
15-5/8 x 12 in (398 x 305 mm)
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs (u1074)
 
LL/11515
17.Robert Macpherson
1860 (ca)
Arch of Titus, from the temple of Venus and Rome

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
15-5/8 x 12 in (398 x 305 mm)
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs (u1072)
 
LL/11516
18.Robert Macpherson
1860 (ca)
Portion of the interior wall of the Coliseum

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
12-5/16 x 15 in (314 x 381 mm)
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs (u1071)
 
LL/11517
19.Robert Macpherson
1860 (ca)
The Theatre of Marcellus, from the Piazza Montanara

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
15-5/8 x 12 in (398 x 305 mm)
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs (u1073)
 
LL/11518
20.Robert Macpherson
1860 (ca)
Arch of Constantine, Rome

Albumen print
11 1/2 x 16 1/4 in
 
Lee Gallery
Image courtesy of the Lee Gallery (www.leegallery.com)
 
LL/3318
21.Gioacchino Altobelli
1860s (late)
River Scene with Hadrian's Tomb and Two Men Fishing, Rome

Albumen print
10 x 14 in (254 x 356 mm)
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Charles Schwartz Ltd. (#4857)
 
LL/10758
22.Gioacchino Altobelli
1860s (late)
Tower at Cecilia Metella, Rome, Italy

Albumen print
11 x 13.25 in (279 x 337 mm)
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Charles Schwartz Ltd. (#4856)
 
LL/10759
23.Gioacchino Altobelli
1860s (late)
Hadrians Tomb and Pyramid, Rome, Italy

Albumen print
10.5 x 14 in (each)
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Charles Schwartz Ltd. (#4860)
 
LL/10760
24.Auguste Lesouëf
1880
Pompei
[Pompéi (Book)]
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
(FRBNF39132350) (Cote: IFN-6500264)
 
LL/7010
25.Auguste Lesouëf
1880
Pompei
[Pompéi (Book)]
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
(FRBNF39132350) (Cote: IFN-6500264)
 
LL/7011
26.Auguste Lesouëf
1880
Pompei
[Pompéi (Book)]
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
(FRBNF39132350) (Cote: IFN-6500264)
 
LL/7012
27.Auguste Lesouëf
1880
Pompei
[Pompéi (Book)]
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
(FRBNF39132350) (Cote: IFN-6500264)
 
LL/7013
28.Giorgio Sommer
1865-1870 (ca)
Pompei, plaster cast of dog Nr.18

Albumen print
7 1/2 x 9 5/8
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5839
29.Giorgio Sommer
1870s (ca)
Pompei, Arianna. Scavi Nuovi. Casa dei Vetti

Albumen print
10 x 8 & 10 1/4 x 8
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5841
30.Giorgio Sommer
1870s (ca)
Scavi nuovi. Casa dei Vetti. & Bacco and Arianna

Albumen print
10 x 7 3/4 & 10 x 7 3/4
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5842
31.Giorgio Sommer
1875 (ca)
Tempio di Nettuno

Albumen print
7 3/4 x 10
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5843
32.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
33.Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Athènes, T[emple] de J[upiter] Olympien pris de L'Est

Daguerreotype
Christie's - London
Christies (Sale 6762: Lot 13 - 20 May 2003, 6:30 pm - Important Daguerreotypes By Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey - From the Archive of the Artist)
 
LL/7471
34.Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Arrangement of Sculpture and Other Archaeological Remains, the Acropolis, Athens

Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
J. Paul Getty Museum
© J. Paul Getty Trust [2003.82.3]
 
LL/5963
35.Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Athènes, Anciènne Cathédrale Facade

Daguerreotype
Christie's - London
Christies (Sale 6762: Lot 17 - 20 May 2003, 6:30 pm - Important Daguerreotypes By Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey - From the Archive of the Artist)
 
LL/7472
36.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
37.Philippos Margaritis
1853
Bas relief

Salt print
7 1/2 x 10
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5881
38.Pierre Tremaux
1853-1854
Vue des citernes de Carthage. Prise dans l'axe de la percée longitudinale et montant sa construction en blocage.
[Voyage au Soudan Oriental et dans l'Afrique Septentrionale, pendant les années 1847 et 1854]

Publication (mounted on paper), Salted paper print from calotype negative
Koninklijk Huis Archief Den Haag
Copyright © Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag (1321B47_06)
 
View of the ancient cisterns of Carthage, Tunisia.
 
LL/25806
39.Pierre Tremaux
1853-1854
Vue des restes du Palais d'Alinda
[Voyage au Soudan Oriental et dans l'Afrique Septentrionale, pendant les années 1847 et 1854]

Publication (mounted on paper), Salted paper print from calotype negative
Koninklijk Huis Archief Den Haag
Copyright © Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag (1321B47_18)
 
View of the ruins of the ancient palace of Alinda, Turkey.
 
LL/25802
   
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