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Possibly one of the Gilbert children

Portrait, girl on chair with one leg hanging in front, wearing a dress with bows on the shoulders Courtesy of Historic Newton

Benjamin W. Kingsbury - Jackson Homestead and Museum archives

Portrait, man head and shoulders Courtesy of Historic Newton

Trains - Arlington Mass. - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Former President Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right...

LC-BH824-5239. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Blackwell, head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, facing front

Photographer unidentified. Case: scroll and medallion motif. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Blackwell family papers. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Transfer; Manuscript... More

Arlington Boat Club - Arlington Mass.

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Sulpice, Paris - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

David Octavius Hill - Bonaly Towers, 19th century

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions. David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photographer. He was a pioneer of photography in Scotland and i... More

Miss Patricia Morris - Public domain portrait

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

David Octavius Hill - St. Andrews, 19th century

In 1843 Hill and Robert Adamson formed a partnership and established a studio at Rock House, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, where Adamson was in charge of photographing and the chemical processes and Hill wa... More

[Illuminated manuscript of a poem]

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Young Girl Wearing Waist Apron, Resting Hand on Chair]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: Mathew B. Brady.Artist Bio: American, 1822 - 1896.Creation Date: 1845.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns.Accession Number: 1986.041.029

William Henry Fox Talbot - [The Reading Establishment]

Public domain photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 19th-century artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description William Henry Fox Talbot was a British scientis... More

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: McIntyre.Artist Bio: American, active mid 19th century.Creation Date: 1847.Print Date: ca. 1847.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

Portrait of a Young Man - Public domain portrait

Artist: Samuel Broadbent.Artist Bio: American, 1810 - 1881.Creation Date: 1847.Print Date: ca. 1847.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

Uno dei Colossi di Campedoglio - Early photography, Public domain imag...

Eugène Constant (French, active Italy, 1848–55) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whi... More

Fontana di Trevi - Early photography, Public domain image

Eugène Constant (French, active Italy, 1848–55) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whi... More

Card Number 34, Kathleen Lynn, from the Actors and Actresses series (N...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Card Number 165, Emma Corson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N1...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Card Number 372, Minnie Farren, from the Actors and Actresses series (...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, musical, theater, performance, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Card Number 250, Kate Gerade, from the Actors and Actresses series (N1...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Card Number 167, Jennie McNulty, from the Actors and Actresses series ...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Card Number 243, Lester, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1)...

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Card Number 171, Mrs. Anderson, from the Actors and Actresses series (...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Card Number 387, Carrie Perkins, from the Actors and Actresses series ...

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Erotic Art: Nude, 19th century - Early photography, Public domain imag...

Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin (French, 1800–after 1875) Public domain photograph - erotic, erotism, naked, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Card Number 185, Eveline Granville, from the Actors and Actresses seri...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Card Number 615, Miss Werner, from the Actors and Actresses series (N1...

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Card Number 203, Anna Parole, from the Actors and Actresses series (N1...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

[Rural landscape] - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Edouard Baldus, 19th-century French early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Édouard Baldus was a French photographer, born in 1813 in Gr... More

[Young Boy, Nude, From the Back, Climbing]

Unknown (French) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a g... More

Watson Machine Works prior to 1850s fires.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Card Number 197, Miss Ray, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-...

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Card Number 142, Miss Trowbridge, from the Actors and Actresses series...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Josiah Johnson Hawes - John L. Tucker

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Nude Woman with Hat in Studio]

Unknown (French) Public domain photograph of 19th-century erotic portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gewelven en gang van een kerk in Engeland

Onderdeel van Album met foto's van bezienswaardigheden en landschappen in Engeland en van kunst.

Le cafe dans le jardin zoologique d'Anvers (Belgique)

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Miss Belle, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-3) issued by Du...

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Card Number 198, Dollie Haskin, from the Actors and Actresses series (...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Card Number 220, Miss Theo, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Robert Charles Winthrop

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Card Number 315, M. Lidoiree, from the Actors and Actresses series (N1...

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Card Number 317, Miss Emily, from the Actors and Actresses series (N14...

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Giovanni Crupi - Etna-Taormina - Early photography, Public domain imag...

Etna-Taormina. Public domain scan of the vintage postcard, Italy, view, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crystal Palace, gezicht in transept, gezien in zuidelijke richting

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Crystal Palace, London World Fair, Great Exhibition, Victorian-era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Medaillon Portraits of the Royal Family. Wyon.

Public domain scan of artwork in the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steam Hammer - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Hugh Owen, 19th-century French artistic photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Hugh Owen (1808 – 1897) was one of the first generation of ama... More

Gezicht op Caïro en de moskee van Sultan Hassan

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

[Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano)]

Public domain photograph of cathedral, church, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridge of Augustus at Nani - Early photography, Public domain image

Possibly by Jane Martha St. John (British, 1803–1882) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of e... More

Pierrot Laughing, Nadar Collection 1850-1910

Public domain photograph of Adrien Tournachon, also known as Nadar, 19th-century France, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adrien Tournachon, also known as... More

Nadar - Alfred Meyrargues - Public domain portrait print

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Lacock Abbey, Cloisters, September 12, 1855 [?]

Unknown (British) Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cyclorama building. Battle of Gettysburg. Tremont Street

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charles Marville - Achille Deveria - [Portrait or self-portrait of Ach...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Charles Marville (born Charles François Bossu; 13 March 1813 – 19 October 1879) - French photographe... More

Roger Fenton - Bust of Chrysippus

Public domain photo of a 3d object, England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "Archæological Studies in Jerusalem. Two lectures ... illustr...

This image has been taken from scan 000063 from "Archæological Studies in Jerusalem. Two lectures ... illustrated with a plan and fourteen photographs". The title and subject terms of this image have been gener... More

Dunfermline - Early photography, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Bishop's Palace, Wells - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain image of a historic building, 13th, 14th, and 15th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Chartres Cathedral, Central Portal of the South Transept; The Last Ju...

Charles Nègre (French, 1820–1880) Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ariadne - Early photography, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain erotic or nude photograph, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gustave le Gray - Zouave Storyteller

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of France, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Rajput With Sword & Shield - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph - 19th-century salted paper print, early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of a Man - Public domain portrait

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1858.Print Date: ca. 1858.Process: ambrotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

[Mahomedan Arch at the Qutub Minar, Delhi]

Unknown The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy sur... More

Julia Margaret Cameron - Julia Jackson, England

Public domain photograph - portrait, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Julia Margaret Cameron (11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) began her photography ... More

Studioportret van een vrouw met boek

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Locomotive on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Near Oakland, Maryland...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arch of Titus. Museum of New Zealand collection

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

St. Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow

Unknown (Russian) Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portret van Adeh, Ida en Kitty van Braam

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Berglandschap in Palestina - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain scan of artwork in the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roberto Rive - Napels gezien vanaf het Graf van Virgilius

Onderdeel van Fotoalbum met bezienswaardigheden in Napels en omgeving door Roberto Rive.

Man and woman. From the album: Oliver family album

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Entree hekken van Artis in Amsterdam

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19th-century city architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Studie van een mannelijk naaktmodel, zittend met het hoofd in de kniee...

Picryl description: Public domain erotic or nude photograph, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Margotte - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph of Adrien Tournachon, also known as Nadar, 19th-century France, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adrien Tournachon, also known as... More

[Victorian House], 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

James Wallace Black (American, 1825–1896) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites an... More

Woman sitting on porch with black Scottish Terrier and Great Dane, "Et...

Woman sitting on porch with black Scottish Terrier and Great Dane, "Etzel." Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Gezicht op bloembollenvelden - Early photography, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Perzië, Daliki rivier bij Shiraz-Bushire

Public domain image of 19th-century Iran, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Pvt. Walter Miles Parker, 1st Florida Cavalry, C.S.A.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Saharet - Aime Dupont photographer

Public domain scan of artwork depicting dance, music, performing art productions, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Elder L. W. Munson (sic)" - Early photography, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Civil War View] - Early photography, Public domain image

Thomas C. Roche (American, 1826–1895) , et al The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whit... More

Washington Irving, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, 3/4, facing left. Photo by M.B. Brady. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Portret van een baby. Atelier Albert Greiner, Amsterdam

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Outer Confederate Line, Petersburg, Captured June 15, 1864

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture ... More

Sojourner Truth, "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance"

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of American Civil War, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photograph... More

Penitentiary, Richmond, 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More

His Majesty Prabat Somdet Pra parameñdr Mahá Mongkut, First King of Si...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Man fishing, unknown location - Early photography, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Volcanic Ridge, Trinity Mountains, Nevada

Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Julia Margaret Cameron - "Mary Mother" Mary Ann Hillier

Tirage en bon état dans les tons brun-orangé, quelques petites rayures et retouches à l'encre. Tirage un peu affaibli en périphérie, contrecollé sur un support d'origine en carton. Annotation - From Life 1867 J... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of 19th-century artwork from t...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Way to the Theater Pon-Jing-Quais Garden, Canton - John Thomson China

Attributed to John Thomson (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1837–1921 London) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper suppor... More

Mr. Henry Stedman - Early photography, Public domain image

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: c. 1870.Process: carte-de-visite.Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Bellows.Accession Number: 1998.013.001

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