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
Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left | Library of Congress
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Bishop Burgess
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Kyrle Bellew Mr. Kyrle Bellew as Orlando in As You Like It. 1875 - 1911. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Actors, Bellew, Kyrle, 1855-1911, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it
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Grandma Jacobs , Carte de Visite Collection
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Unidentified young woman, half-length portrait, facing front | Library of Congress
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Andrew Jackson Borden, Father of Lizzie Borden. Chase & Hawes
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Portrait of bearded man. George Kendall Warren, photographer (American, 1834 - 1884) 1865 Portrait of an unidentified man with a full beard and sideburns. He is wearing a large bow tie and is facing forward, his head turned slightly to the right.
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Mathilde Hastedt, b. Bousset (born 1830). .
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Giulio Alary.
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Portrait of a man, J.H. Lloyd, 1860 - 1875 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Southport paper. cardboard albumen print historical persons. adult man
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Portrait of a man, John Hatherill, 1880 - 1908 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. London cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons
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Mrs. R. Holdsworth. Date/Period: February 16, 1853. Cased object. Daguerreotype, hand-colored. Height: 78 mm (3.07 in); Width: 65 mm (2.55 in). Author: Richard Beard.
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Gioacchino Rossini. Adrien Alban Tournachon (French, 1825 - 1903)
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Mary Ann Krußen Gabory (1795-1858), the wife of the opticer and mechanic Andres Kruß. .
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Portrait of Edward Augustus Hilgard. John Frederick Timms (British, active 1850s)
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RETRATO DE CARLOS LUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON III, CONJ. 145578. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. BONAPARTE LUIS NAPOLEON. LUIS NAPOLEON. BONAPARTE CARLOS LUIS NAPOLEON. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1808/73) NAPOLEON III. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 1808/73 NAPOLEON III.
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Albert A. Pope , Military officers, Pope, Albert A. Albert Augustus, 1843-1909, Carte de Visite Collection
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William Hickling Prescott ca. 1850 Southworth and Hawes American. William Hickling Prescott 268322
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Unmatted Portrait of a Woman; Jacob Byerly (American, 1807 - 1883); about 1855; Daguerreotype, hand-colored; 8.1 x 6.8 cm (3 3,16 x 2 11,16 in.)
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William Langenheim 1855-58 W. & F. Langenheim. William Langenheim 286329
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Portrait of a man; Attributed to William H. Bell (American, 1830 - 1910); 1851; Daguerreotype
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Portret Van Gioachino Rossini, Étienne Carjat, c. 1872 - In OR BEFORE 1877 photomechanical print paper printing block historical persons. adult man
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Portrait of François de Hatzfeldt; François de Hatzfeldt. Part of photo album with 48 Cartes-de-Visite offered to Maarschalk count the Castellane.
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Sarah A. Dasher Wisenbaker, wife of Corporal James Adril Wisenbaker of Co. I, 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Library of Congress
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Unidentified African American woman | Library of Congress
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Wilhelm Lüders (1835-1891) and Alexander Lüders (1832-1911). .
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Portrait of Andries Visser, D. Fraenkel & Zoon, 1890 - 1910 Photograph. visit card Amsterdam cardboard. baryta paper adult man. historical persons Amsterdam
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Kluge, Karl Alexander Ferdinand.
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Portrait of Samuel Harlow Akins. Unknown maker
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Augustus Washington, Portrait of a Woman, c 1850 Portrait of a Woman
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Countess Dash.
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Portrait of Albert Wolff (1835-1891), Literator, Theatrical Criticism and Dramatic Author. Portrait of Albert Wolff (1835-1891), Literator, Theatrical Criticism and Dramatic Author. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.
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Portrait of A.F. Marmelstein, Albert Greiner, 1870 - 1900 Photograph. visit card Amsterdam photographic support. cardboard albumen print adult man. historical persons
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Portrait of Thomas Pennant Barton , Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection
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Portrait of Emina Chamberlain. Luther Holman Hale (American, 1821 - 1885)
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John Wesley Hardin (1853-1895), claimed to have killed 42 men. Portrait from his autobiography, THE LIFE OF JOHN WESLEY HARDIN, 1896.
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Victor Hugo leaning on a wall. 1853. Jersey workshop photography. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Annat, French writer, portrait, signature, wall
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George Appleton , Carte de Visite Collection
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Daguerreotype - Portrait of an unidentified man, 1850-1860
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Photographic print of Michael Faraday (1791-1867) an English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Dated 1850
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Elias Howe ca. 1850 Southworth and Hawes American. Elias Howe. Albert Sands Southworth (American, West Fairlee, Vermont 1811-1894 Charlestown, Massachusetts). ca. 1850. Daguerreotype. Photographs
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Portrait of a Gentleman. Attributed to M.A. Root (American, 1808 - 1888)
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Portrait of a Gentleman ca. 1840 Thomas E. Barratt British. Portrait of a Gentleman. Thomas E. Barratt (born ca. 1814). British. ca. 1840. Watercolor on ivory
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Robert Burns, 1759 - 1796. Poet. Date/Period: 1796. Drawing. Chalk on paper. Height: 549 mm (21.61 in); Width: 425 mm (16.73 in). Author: Archibald Skirving.
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Portrait of Victor Striedbeck. Charles H. Winter (French, 1821 - 1904)
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Portrait of John R. Lance; United States; 1860s - 1880s; Hand-colored tintype; 21.2 × 16.3 cm (8 3,8 × 6 7,16 in.)
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Matthias Thomas Borcherdt and his wife Doris, b. Roloff. .
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Portret van William Ewart Gladstone, anonymous, 1868 - 1898 metal. paper. celluloid (cellulosic) albumen print historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader
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MENENDEZ PELAYO, Marcelino (1856-1912). Erudito español. Retrato realizado por Madrazo. Biblioteca Menéndez Pelayo. Santander. Cantabria. España.
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HRH Prince Albert, c. 1900-1925(). England (), early 20th century (). Jacquard weave; silk; overall: 36.8 x 28.6 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.).
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Résection de l'épaule, numéro 1. Arthur de Montmeja (French, born 1841)
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John Gleason 14. Wisc. Civil War victim. William H. Sherman (American, 1821 - 1898, active Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
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The author Leo Tolstoy in Sevastopol, Levitsky, Sergei Lvovich (1819-1898)
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Unidentified woman, possibly Mrs. Lucian Barbour | Library of Congress
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Martin Van Buren ca. 1862 American This portrait of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) is based on a photograph by Mathew B. Brady (1823-1896).. Martin Van Buren 12941
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Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave, author, and abolitionist orator in 1847. Douglass was about 30 years old, and had recently traveled to Europe. During this trip, Douglass became legally free, when British supporters raised funds to buy his freedom from his American owner, Thomas Auld (BSLOC_2018_5_29)
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Pacer Peso, Essa-queta: Kiowa Apache Head Chief. William Stinson Soule (American, 1836 - 1908)