Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840–1860

Wild Fennel

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William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800–1877)
Wild Fennel, 1841–42
Salted paper print; 7 3/8 x 9 in. (18.7 x 22.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Saul Gift

The Reading Establishment

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William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800–1877) and Nicolaas Henneman (Dutch, 1813–1898)
The Reading Establishment, 1846
Salted paper prints; 7 7/8 x 19 in. (19.9 x 48.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation

92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle

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David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)
92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle, April 1846
Salted paper print; 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19 x 14.1 cm)
Scottish National Photography Collection, National Galleries of Scotland

Market Women, St. Helier, Jersey

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William Collie (Scottish, 1810–1896)
Market Women, St. Helier, Jersey, 1847
Salted paper print; 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (20.9 x 17.1 cm)
Private collection

Spreading Oak with Seated Figure

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Unknown photographer
Spreading Oak with Seated Figure, 1850s
Paper negative; 7 x 8 1/8 in. (17.7 x 20.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr., 2007

Boy by Open Door

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John Muir Wood (British, 1805–1892)
Boy by Open Door, 1847–52
Salted paper print; 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (10.4 x 9.6 cm)
Scottish National Photography Collection, National Galleries of Scotland

Family Group, Leith

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John Muir Wood (British, 1805–1892)
Family Group, Leith, 1847–52
Salted paper print; 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (11.3 x 14 cm)
Scottish National Photography Collection, National Galleries of Scotland

Blue Squills

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John Dillwyn Llewelyn (Welsh, 1810–1882)
Blue Squills, ca. 1852
Albumen silver print; 8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. (21 x 16.9 cm)
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York

Anstey's Cove, Torquay

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Benjamin Brecknell Turner (English, 1815–1894)
Anstey's Cove, Torquay, 1861
Albumen silver print; 11 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (28.9 x 38.6 cm)
Lawrence and Sybil Hite

Tower Struck by Lightning, Saint-Ouen Bay

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Thomas Sutton (English, 1819–1875)
Tower Struck by Lightning, Saint-Ouen Bay, 1854
Salted paper print (Blanquart-Evrard process); 28.8 x 19.5 cm (11 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation through Robert and Joyce Menschel

Blasted Tree at Badger

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Alfred Capel Cure (English, 1826–1896)
Blasted Tree at Badger, 1856
Albumen silver print; 7 x 8 7/8 in. (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Thomas Walther Collection

Guyscliffe

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Robert Henry Cheney (British, 1800–1866)
Guyscliffe, 1850s
Albumen silver print; 7 x 8 3/4 in. (17.7 x 22.3 cm)
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal

Affaric Lodge

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Horatio Ross (Scottish, 1801–1886)
Affaric Lodge, mid-1850s
Salted paper print; 10 1/2 x 12 15/16 in. (26.7 x 32.9 cm)
Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

Cardinal Beaton's House, Edinburgh

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Thomas Keith (Scottish, 1827–1895)
Cardinal Beaton's House, Edinburgh, 1854–57
Salted paper print; 11 x 9 3/4 in. (27.9 x 24.8 cm)
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Palacea Brig, Hove Down, Malta

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Calvert Richard Jones (Welsh, 1802–1877)
Palacea Brig, Hove Down, Malta, December 1845–January 1846
Salted paper print; 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (15.4 x 21.1 cm)
Thomas Walther Collection

House of Sallust, Vesuvius behind, Pompeii

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Calvert Richard Jones (Welsh, 1802–1877)
House of Sallust, Vesuvius behind, Pompeii, Spring 1846
Salted paper print; 6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.2 x 21 cm)
National Media Museum, Bradford

My Beasts

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Alfred Capel Cure (English, 1826–1896)
My Beasts, February 1, 1852
Paper negative; 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (19.7 x 15.9 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1986

Pots and Pans at Nice

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Alfred Backhouse (English, 1823–1888)
Pots and Pans at Nice, 1855
Albumen paper print; 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (21.5 x 27.6 cm)
Paula and Robert Hershkowitz

Rome, So-Called Casa di Rienzi, the Oldest Medieval Private House

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Unknown photographer
Rome, So-Called Casa di Rienzi, the Oldest Medieval Private House, ca. 1855
Salted paper print; 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (16.4 x 21.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1946

The Colosseum

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Jane Martha St. John (English, 1803–1882)
The Colosseum, 1856
Albumen silver print; 7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (19.5 x 25 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation

Latona Fountain in the Gardens of La Granja, Segovia

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Charles Clifford (Welsh, 1819–1863)
Latona Fountain in the Gardens of La Granja, Segovia, 1853
Albumen silver print; 11 1/4 x 16 1/8 in. (28.7 x 40.8 cm)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Principal Doorway of the Carthusian Monastery, Burgos

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Charles Clifford (Welsh, 1819–1863)
Principal Doorway of the Carthusian Monastery, Burgos, 1853
Albumen silver print; 13 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. (33.9 x 28.4cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005

Englishman at the Entrance to a Pagoda

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John McCosh (Scottish, 1805–1885)
Englishman at the Entrance to a Pagoda, 1848–50
Salted paper print; 6 1/4 x 5 in. (15.8 x 12.6 cm)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Taj Mahal from the Banks of the Yamuna River

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John Murray (English, 1809–1898)
The Taj Mahal from the Banks of the Yamuna River, 1858–62
Albumen silver print; 15 3/4 x 17 3/8 in. (39.9 x 44 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Joseph M. Cohen Gift, 2005

Colossal Statue of Gautama Close to the North End of the Bridge, Amerapoora

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Linnaeus Tripe (English, 1822–1902)
Colossal Statue of Gautama Close to the North End of the Bridge, Amerapoora, September–October 1855
Albumen silver print; 9 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (24.7 x 33.3 cm)
The British Library, London