Historic Daguerreotypes

Antique portraits showcasing early photography techniques, featuring men in formal attire and rich details typical of the 19th century.

Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left | Library of Congress

Mr. Fr. Heinrich Schmidt. .

Untitled (Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy) Made 1847 United States. Daguerreotype . John Plumbe, Jr.

Self-portrait. Date/Period: June 18, 1853. Photograph. Daguerreotype (Cased object). Height: 89 mm (3.50 in); Width: 67 mm (2.63 in). Author: Jean-Gabriel Eynard.

Abraham Lincoln, President, U.S. 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left | Library of Congress

Portrait of a man with mustache, J. Couturier, 1880 - 1890 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Paris paper. cardboard. celluloid (cellulosic) albumen print historical persons. adult man. moustache

Franz von Jauner -, actor, theater director, Hanns Johann Hanfstaengl -, photo studio

Self-Portrait; Jean-Gabriel Eynard (Swiss, 1775 - 1863); about 1851; Daguerreotype

Siegwart Friedmann -, actor, Josef Széky -, photographer

Untitled (Portrait of a Man) Made 1845 United States. Daguerreotype . Edward Anthony

Untitled (Portrait of a Man) Made 1855 United States. Daguerreotype .

Walter Gates, possibly a staff member or patient at General Hospital, Camp Butler, Illinois, or associate of M.J. Amanda Kellogg | Library of Congress

Count Anton Apponyi, Carl C, by Jagemann -, photographer

Bernhard Baumeister -, actor, Carl Karl Mahlknecht -, photographer

G.C. MacKinnon. Photograph by John Moffat.

Framed octagon daguerreotype of Edwin Booth.. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Portrait of an unknown man, Anonymous, 1840 - 1860 photograph copper (metal). glass. velvet (fabric weave). leather historical persons. adult man

Mclean, Sir D cartes-de-visite, black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, copy prints

Portrait of Bolesław Józef Zalewski (1875-1951), singer, conductor, music publisher, manager of musical associations in Chicago (half figure). unknown, photographer

Léon Gambetta -, politicians, Deirs, Photo Studio

Portret van Émile Littré, Anonymous, 1869 photograph This photo is part of an album. France paper linguistics. historical persons France

Actor Herburger , Novag, Photo Studio

Henry , Carte de Visite Collection

Portrait of a man, Albert Cayez, 1860 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. adult man

Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front | Library of Congress

W. Powell Frith, Esq., R.A.. Maull & Polyblank (British, active 1850s - 1860s)

Man. From the album: Geddes carte-de-visite album, circa 1866-1873, Dunedin, by John McGregor & Co.

bust portrait of a young man, c. 1844-1852, Jeremiah Gurney, American, 1812 - 1895, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (10.8 x 8.26 cm) (image)4 9/16 x 3 11/16 x 11/16 in. (11.59 x 9.37 x 1.75 cm) (mount), Daguerreotype (1/4 plate), hand tinted, United States, 19th century

Portrait of a man with beard, Ramon del Fresno, 1860 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Oviedo photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. beard

Bernhard Baumeister -, actor, Carl Karl Mahlknecht -, photographer

Carl Ferdinand Stelzner (1805-1894). Think Hermann Stelzner

Portret van Henri Morin Pons, 1860 Photograph. visit card Part of photo album with 24 Cartes-de Visite of French people. Lyon cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print historical persons. studio requisites ~ photographer. trousers, breeches. coat, cape. book Lyon

Portrait of a man, Berend Zweers, 1923 - 1934 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Haarlem photographic support. cardboard historical persons

Ambrotype - Portrait of an unidentified man, 1850-1870

Duc de Bassano. Leon Crémière & Cie.

Portrait of Poitevin's father. Alphonse-Louis Poitevin (French, 1819 - 1882)

Portrait of Willem (Wiwill), Prince of Orange-Nassau. Part of photo album with 29 photos of Dutch princes.

Portrait of an unidentified man with fringe beard. Thomas Painter Collins

Mrs. Ottly Meyer, before With Rudolph Mahn. .

Portrait of Dr. Fisher A. Bosworth. Unknown maker, American

Portrait of Charles Gilbertson photographs, portraits, opalotypes

John Frederick LaFarge. Artist: Unknown

Louisa Robinson (mm.George Allan) Daguerreotypie of portrait miniature.

Portrait of John Jackson, bishop of Lincoln, H. Hering, 1855 - 1870 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. London photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons

Portrait of Frederik Karel Antonius Pantekoek, S. Carspel, 1850 - 1878 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Amsterdam photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons

President Brigham Young. Savage & Ottinger, photographer 1862-1870 Portrait of Brigham Young, looking directly at the viewer. He wears a jacket and a vest with a fur lapel. (Recto, mount) center right, above image, in purple ink: "President Brigham Young"; Lower right, below image, in pencil: "President Brigham Young space 10";

PORRET VAN LOUIS BLANC, CARJAT ET CIE., 1867 - 1875 photograph. cabinet photograph This photo is part of an album. Paris photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons

Portrait of Henri Garofalo; Henri Garofalo. Part of photo album with 48 Cartes-de-Visite offered to Maarschalk count the Castellane.

England, Harris, William H., Portrait of a Young Man, verso - printed, This photograph is part of an album., photograph, foto, carte-de-visite, albumblad, foto's, William H. Harris, Photographer, Chancewater, height 85 mm, width 53 mm, photographer, 1860 - 1900, cardboard, photographic paper, fotopapier, albumen print, albuminedruk

Portrait of Przemysław Potocki (1805-1847). Beyer, Karol (1818-1877), photographer

Frank Porter, Aunt Lizzie's son , Carte de Visite Collection

The actor Georg Friedrich Strake (1815-1858). .

Portrait of Baudin, D�sir�-Pierre, (1809-1870), (Polytechnician, Chief Engineer then Inspector General of Mines) Ernest Charles Appert (1830-1890). Portrait of Baudin, D�sir�-Pierre, (1809-1870), (Polytechnician, Chief Engineer then Inspector General of Mines). Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1870-1890.

Lucy Stone, half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing slightly right | Library of Congress

Portrait of grandfather Delahaye, Alphonse, 1855 - 1885 Photograph. visit card Paris cardboard. paper albumen print adult man. historical persons Paris

Paul Devéria.

Henry Clarke Wright , Abolitionists, Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870

Portrait of an unknown man, W.G. Kuijer & Zonen, 1885 - 1906 Photograph. visit card Amsterdam photographic support. cardboard historical persons. adult man

Henry Clarke Wright , Abolitionists, Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870

Carl Treumann -, actor, Unknown, photographer

Portrait of a young man, Howie Jr., c. 1840 - c. 1860.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 ñ March 4, 1883) was an American politician from Georgia and Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War 1864

Ambrotype - Portrait of an unidentified woman, 1850-1870

Gelatin silver print - Portrait of an unidentified man, Saint-Jean, Quebec, 1895-1910 Charles Arthur Larocque (born 1873)

Framed oval daguerreotype of Edwin Booth.. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Elise Gaedechens, b. Hansen (1822-1905), around 1856.

Dr. Tomlinson, circa 1900, by William Francis Gordon.

Mellen Chamberlain , Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900

Unidentified woman, seated half-length portrait, facing front | Library of Congress

Rev Dr Patrick Fairbairn. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)

Portrait of Hendrik van Oranje -Nassau, Maurits Verveer, 1861 - 1879 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. The Hague photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons

Portrait of a man with sideburns, John Adams Whipple, c. 1840 - c. 1860.

Copy of a lithograph of a Daguerreotype of Daniel Webster. Attributed to J.A. Whipple (American, 1822 - 1891)

Portrait of Henri Morin Pons. Part of photo album with 24 cartes-de-visite from French people.

Portrait of an unknown man, Cornelis Johannes Lodewicus Vermeulen, c. 1888 - c. 1896 Photograph. visit card Amsterdam cardboard. paper. photographic support adult man

Portrait of a Man. Félix Devisuzanne (French, born 1809)

Portrait of Charlotte van Braam, Albert Delabarre, 1880 - 1890 Photograph. visit card Brussels cardboard. paper albumen print historical persons - BB - woman

Horace A. Gaylord. 1861 - 1862. Portraits, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Portrait of General Ducos de la Hitte. Part of photo album with 24 cartes-de-visite from French people.

BAROJA , PIO. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. SAN SEBASTIAN 1872 - 1956. REPRODUCCION FOTO DEL AÑO 1905.

Portrait of an unknown man with beard, Anonymous, 1859 photograph copper (metal). glass. leather. velvet (fabric weave) adult man. historical persons

Portrait of J. Janssen, P.M. Peters, 1887 Photograph. visit card Oldenburg paper. cardboard albumen print adult man. lawyer, attorney at law. historical persons Oldenburg

Frau Agnete they chase. .

PortraT van Louis -Adolphe Thiers, Charles Reutlinger, 1860 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

Hon. Clinton Levering Cobb of North Carolina 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Portrait of Prince Hendrik, brother of King Willem III, and his wife Maria van Prussen. Part of photo album with 29 photos of Dutch princes.

John Bell, Constitutional Union Candidate for U.S. President, 1860. Whitehurst Gallery

Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left | Library of Congress

Dr. William Henry Newell | Library of Congress

Carl Carl Eignever, Carl Ferdinand Bernand Break, Theater Derector, Gürters Carl-Theaters, Johann bude, photographs

Emma Fouche; George W. Hewitt & Company; 1870-1875; Tintype

Portrait of a man with mustache and hat, F. Quiroga, 1860 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Cuba photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. head-gear: hat. moustache

Portrait of an unknown man, Wilhelm Lundberg, 1866 - 1877 Photograph. visit card Stockholm paper. cardboard albumen print historical persons. adult man

Portret van Philippe Ricord, étienne Carjat (Attributeed To), 1880 photograph This photo is part of an album. France paper physician, doctor. historical persons France

Claude DEBUSSY, 1862-1918, composer, photograph taken in 1875 when he returned to the Conservatoire in the class of Albert Lavignac

Portrait of a standing man with sideburns, Girot, 1860 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. adult man. sideburns

Portrait of Tadeusz Czapelski (1853-1930), journalist (bust in the oval); Twardzicki, Walerian (1837-1902); around 1877 (or before) (1875-00-00-1877-00-00);Czapelski, Tadeusz (1853-1930), Czapelski, Tadeusz (1853-1930)-iconography, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915)-collection, portraits, men's portraits

Christmas card with a portrait of an unknown man, Anonymous, 1880 - 1900 Photograph. visit card paper. cardboard albumen print historical persons. adult man. moustache

Michael FARADAY, 1791-1867, English physicist and chemist, from a daguerreotype c. 1840s-50s

Portrait of Baron de Vassart, c. 1860 - c. 1865 Photograph. visit card Part of photo album with 48 cartes-de-visiting offered to Marshal Graaf de Castellane. Paris cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print historical persons. studio requisites ~ photographer. trousers, breeches. coat, cape. shoes, sandals. neck-gear ~ clothing. moustache. hairdress. walking-stick, staff. head-gear: top hat Paris

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