Early Photography Archive

Name: Early Photography Archive
Creator: Analog Photo Today
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

The Early Photography Archive presents public-domain photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago photography and media collection, with artist, process and dating context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds technique family, origin region and era labels from our pipeline.

Records: 4,070
Last changed: 09/02/2026
Update schedule: 27 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/02/2026
Method: Methodology

Photograph	Artist	Date	Technique	Origin	On view
Untitled (Man in Top Hat)	Artist unknown American, 19th century	1845/65	photography	—	false
Untitled	Artist unknown American, 19th century	c. 1850	photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Artist unknown Probably American, 19th century	c. 1850	photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Artist unknown German, 19th century	c. 1850	photography	Europe	false
Mr. Brodie, RSA, August 25, 1845, Sculptor, Lived in Cornwell St.	David Octavius Hill Scottish, 1802–1870	1845	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (A Woman in Bonnet and Shawl, with her Seated Son)	Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808-1901)	c. 1850	photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Artist unknown American, 19th century	c. 1850	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)	Artist unknown American, late 19th century	c. 1850	other	Americas	false
S. P. Peck Apothecary	Artist unknown American, 19th century	c. 1850	photography	Americas	false
San Francisco	Artist unknown, after daguerreotypes attributed to Carleton Watkins American, 19th century	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman and a Man)	Montgomery Simons American, 1817-1877	1845	photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Attibuted to David Octavius Hill Scottish, 1802–1870	n.d. (c. 1850/70)	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
St. Andrews	David Octavius Hill Scottish, 1802–1870	c. 1850/70	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Sir John McNeill	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1845, printed 1890/1900	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Untitled (Fern Study), c. 1850, from the Hatton Fern Album	Anonymous English, 19th Century	c. 1850	photography	Europe	false
Dumbarton Presbytery	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	March 29, 1845	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Southside of Cromer Church	Benjamin Brecknell Turner English, 1815–1894	c. 1850s	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Knapp American, active 1850s	c. 1850	photography	Americas	false
Untitled, from the series "Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled, from the series "Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled, from the series Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled, from the series "Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitledprint, from the series "Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	photography	Europe	false
Untitled, from the series "Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled, from the series "Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled, from the series "Bois de Bologne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled, from the series "Bois de Boulogne"	Charles Marville French, 1813–1879	c. 1850	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Artist unknown English, 19th century	c. 1850	photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)	Henry Earle Insley American, 1811-1894	1844	photography	Americas	false
Nelson's Column under Construction, Trafalgar Square, London	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	April 1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Melrose Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Loch Katrine	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Castle of Doune	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Mountain Rivulet which Flows at the Foot of Doune Castle	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Melrose Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Melrose Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh; as it appeared when nearly finished, in October 1844	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	October 1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Abbotsford	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Entrance Gate, Abbotsford	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Hall Door, Abbotsford	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Effigy of Sir W. Scott's favourite dog Maida, by the side of the hall door at Abbotsford	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Melrose Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Melrose Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Loch Katrine	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Loch Katrine	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Tomb of Sir W. Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Highland Hut on the Banks of Loch Katrine	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Scenery of Loch Katrine	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Scenery of Loch Katrine	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false