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David Octavius Hill - William Etty, R.A.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photographer. He was a pioneer of photography in Scot... More

David Octavius Hill - Sobieski Stuart, 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

David Octavius Hill - Newhaven Fishwife, 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

Tempio di Antonino e Faustina - 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 28, Bella, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) i...

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Card Number 349, Carrie Rumbold, from the Actors and Actresses series ...

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

Sioux Indians - Early photography, Public domain image

Unknown (American) 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... More

Card Number 333, Sarah Bunyan, from the Actors and Actresses series (N...

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

Card Number 335, Annie Colley, from the Actors and Actresses series (N...

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

Card Number 76, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) issued b...

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Card Number 124, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) issued ...

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 58, DeRoy, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) i...

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

Nadar - Champfleury [Jules-Francois Husson]

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Gustave le Gray - [An Italian Street Musician]

Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884) 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... More

St. Pierre, Caen - Early photography, Public domain image

Alfred Capel Cure (British, 1826–1896) 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 and s... More

[Stags Heads - Dibedale] - Early photography, Public domain image

Horatio Ross (British, Rossie Castle, near Montrose, Scotland 1801–1886 Scotland)

"Queen of the Cannibal Islands", stereoscopic photograph

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

Studioportret van twee meisjes - Public domain portrait print

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

Portret van een onbekende vrouw, staande naast een tafel waarop een bo...

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

Studioportret van een jonge man, staand

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[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

[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

[Picture Gallery Photographs] - Early photography, Public domain image

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

[Panorama of Camp Winfield Scott, Yorktown, Virginia]

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

Confederate Prisoners for Exchange, Cox's Landing, James River

Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) 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 ... More

Het bestuur van Arti et Amicitiae in 1865: v.l.n.r. L. Lingeman, S. Al...

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

[Album of Spirit Photographs] - Early photography, Public domain image

Frederick Hudson (British, died 1889) 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 sa... More

Julia Margaret Cameron - Enid, 19th century, India

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

Street Minstrel, Gose - Early photography, Public domain image

Suzuki Shin'ichi (Japanese, 1835–1919) 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 s... More

Card Number 206, Leicester, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145...

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Card Number 89, Miss Fuller, from the Actors and Actresses series (N14...

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Actress holding parasol, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1)...

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Card Number 174, Alma Stanley, from the Actors and Actresses series (N...

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

Card Number 63, Miss Cottrelly, from the Actors and Actresses series (...

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

Card Number 57, Miss Earl, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-...

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

Card Number 647, Miss Lehery, from the Actors and Actresses series (N1...

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

Pitcher, from the Girl Baseball Players series (N48, Type 2) for Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a baseball paly, player, baseball field, athlete, 1920s, 20th century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Card 3, from the Girl Baseball Players series (N48, Type 1) for Virgin...

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Frances Kemble, from the Actresses and Celebrities series (N60, Type 2...

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

Handrock. Frédéric(k). Vilhem. 34 ans, né à Lyeck (Allemagne). Doreur ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) was a French criminologist and police officer who is best known for d... More

Photographs. We will mail 6 cabinet size photographs of celebrities, a...

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

Handrock. Frédéric(k). Vilhem. 34 ans, né à Lyeck (Allemagne). Doreur ...

Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) was a French criminologist and police officer who is best known for developing the system of criminal identification known as "Bertillonage." Bertillonage was based on the measure... More

[Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball]

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

[Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball]

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

[Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball]

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

[Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball]

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball]

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

[Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball]

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Greene Bethune [Blind Tom]

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Sphinx et pyramide Chefren. - Early photography, Public domain image

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Group portrait with boys and men

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Untitled, 19th century - Daguerreotype, Public domain

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David Octavius Hill - The Artist and the Grave Digger

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

Card Number 97, Miss Bocket, from the Actors and Actresses series (N14...

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

Lady S. Churchill, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-7) issue...

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

Card Number 251, Alice Ames, from the Actors and Actresses series (N14...

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

Card Number 584, Mamie Edwards, from the Actors and Actresses series (...

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

[Group of 4 Stereograph Views of the Coronation of Edward VII, London,...

H. C. White Company (American) 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, whi... More

Alabama River - A couple of people riding on the back of horses

Unknown (American) 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... More

[Japanese Woman in Traditional Dress Posing with Cat and Instrument]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[A Japanese Woman and a Japanese Boy in Traditional Dress]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Miss Lillis, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-7) issued by D...

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

[Young Woman, Nude, Full Figure in Profile]

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

Gustave le Gray - [An Italian Street Musician]

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

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

Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Grenadier Guards Drummer] - Early photography, Public domain image

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

Alice Liddell as "The Beggar Maid"

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[The Taj Mahal from the Banks of the Yamuna River]

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Countess Canning with Guests, Government House, Allahabad]

John Constantine Stanley (British, 1837–1878) 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 white... More

Louisa M. Alcott - Public domain portrait print

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Fear, 19th century - Public domain portrait

Henry Peach Robinson (British, Ludlow, Shropshire 1830–1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent)

Studioportret van een man met een lange baard

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

Studioportret van een man in kostuum

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General George McClellan - Public domain portrait print

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

[A Union Station on the James River Established for Extracting Gunpowd...

Attributed to Egbert Guy Fowx (American, born 1821) 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... More

Sergeant John Lincoln Clem, The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga

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

Queen Emma of Hawaii and Her Entourage

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for h... More

The Lincoln Funeral Train, Philadelphia

Charles L. Philippi (American, active 1861–74) 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

Julia Margaret Cameron - [Study for a Holy Family]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Julia Margaret Cameron (11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) began her photography career later in life, ... More

Julia Margaret Cameron - Beatrice, J. Paul Getty Museum

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

Julia Margaret Cameron - Sir John Herschel, India

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Julia Margaret Cameron (11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) began her photography career later in life, ... More

Chinese Tomb, Macao, 19th century - 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

[210 Stereographs] - Early photography, Public domain image

William Langenheim (American, born Germany, Schöningen 1807–1874) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

San Francisco, 19th century - Early photography, Public domain image

Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916) 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

[Trees in Calaveras Grove and Views of Yosemite, California]

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

Frederick Douglass, Cabinet photograph, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

Card Number 382, Constance, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145...

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

Newsman - Early photography, Public domain image

Suzuki Shin'ichi (Japanese, 1835–1919) 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 s... More

Farm laborer with rain coat (mino)

Suzuki Shin'ichi (Japanese, 1835–1919) 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 s... More

Card Number 224, Miss Myerha, from the Actors and Actresses series (N1...

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

Card Number 197, Miss Ray, 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

Card Number 12, Miss Dupree, from the Actors and Actresses series (N14...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fille de Shanghai, by Raimund von Stillfried

Raimund von Stillfried (Austrian, 1839–1911) 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... More

Miss Kate Vaughan, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-7) issue...

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

The attitudes of animals in motion, by Muybridge, arranged for the zoe...

14305, 14306, 14307 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior ... More

The attitudes of animals in motion, by Muybridge, arranged for the zoe...

14296, 14297, 14298 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior ... More

Estelle Clayton, from the Actresses and Celebrities series (N60, Type ...

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

Maud Branscombe, from the Actresses and Celebrities series (N60, Type ...

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Two boys wrestling, from the "Negro Subjects" series (N692) promoting ...

Trade cards from the "Negro Subjects" series (N692), issued ca. 1888 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.

From the Dogs series (N47) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Trade cards from the "Dogs" series (N47), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

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