Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840–1940

Loch Katrine Pier, Scene of the Lady of the Lake

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William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800–1877)
Loch Katrine Pier, Scene of the Lady of the Lake, 1844
Salted paper print from paper negative; 17.5 x 21.1 cm (6 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005 (2005.100.261)

[Fruit Sellers]

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Attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800–1877)
[Fruit Sellers], 1845
Salted paper print from paper negative; 17.1 x 21.1 cm (6 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005 (2005.100.607)

The Ramparts of Carcassonne

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Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884) and Auguste Mestral (French, 1812–1884)
The Ramparts of Carcassonne, 1851
Salted paper print from paper negative; 23.5 x 33.2 cm (9 1/4 x 13 1/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005 (2005.100.34)

Tree Study, Forest of Fontainebleau

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Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884)
Tree Study, Forest of Fontainebleau, ca. 1856
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 31.8 x 41.4 cm (12 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Joyce and Robert Menschel, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Harrison D. Horblit, Harriette and Noel Levine and Paul F. Walter Gifts and David Hunter McAlpin Fund; and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn Jr., 1987 (1987.1011)

The Great Wave, Sète

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Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884)
The Great Wave, Sète, 1857
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 33.7 x 41.4 cm (13 1/4 x 16 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, 1976 (1976.646)

The Wharfe and Pool Below the Strid

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Roger Fenton (English, 1819–1869)
The Wharfe and Pool Below the Strid, 1854
Salted paper print from glass negative; 34.5 x 28.2 cm (13 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Gift, 2005 (2005.100.8)

[Interior, Salisbury Cathedral]

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Roger Fenton (English, 1819–1869)
[Interior, Salisbury Cathedral], ca. 1858
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 30.2 x 31.1 cm (11 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005 (2005.100.9)

Pierrot Running

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Nadar (French, 1820–1910) and Adrien Tournachon (French, 1825–1903)
Pierrot Running, 1854–55
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 26.5 x 20.8 cm (10 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005 (2005.100.43)

Alexandre Dumas, père

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Nadar (French, 1820–1910)
Alexandre Dumas, père, 1855
Salted paper print from glass plate negative; 23.8 x 18.5 cm (9 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.371)

[Group at the Château de la Faloise]

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Édouard Baldus (French, b. Prussia, 1813–1889)
[Group at the Château de la Faloise], 1857
Salted paper print from glass negative; 27.8 x 38.2 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005 (2005.100.50)

Le Moine

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Édouard Baldus (French, b. Prussia, 1813–1889)
Le Moine, ca. 1861
Albumen silver print from paper negative; 33.7 x 42.8 cm (13 1/4 x 16 7/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.364.64)

Philip Stanhope Worsley

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Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815–1879)
Philip Stanhope Worsley, 1864–66
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 30.4 x 25 cm (11 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005 (2005.100.27)

Mrs. Herbert Duckworth

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Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815–1879)
Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, 1867
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 32.8 x 23.7 cm (12 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005 (2005.100.26)

[Rue de Constantine]

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Charles Marville (French, 1816–1879)
[Rue de Constantine], Paris, ca. 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 27.3 x 36.8 cm (10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1986 (1986.1141)

Cape Horn near Celilo

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Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
Cape Horn near Celilo, 1867
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 40 x 52.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005 (2005.100.109)

View on the Columbia, Cascades

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Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
View on the Columbia, Cascades, 1867
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 40 x 52.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Warner Communications Inc. Purchase Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1979 (1979.622)

Saint-Cloud

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Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927)
Saint-Cloud, 1921
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 17.5 x 21.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005 (2005.100.546)

Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève

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Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927)
Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève, 1924
Matte albumen silver print from glass negative; 17.4 x 22.1 cm (6 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Gift, 2005 (2005.100.535)

Ville d'Avray

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Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927)
Ville d'Avray, 1923–25
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 17.4 x 22.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005 (2005.100.435)

Rayograph

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Man Ray (American, 1890–1976)
Rayograph, 1923–28
Gelatin silver print; 49 x 39.8 cm (19 5/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005 (2005.100.140)© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris

[Jacqueline Goddard]

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Man Ray (American, 1890–1976)
[Jacqueline Goddard], 1930
Gelatin silver print; 29.2 x 22.5 cm (11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005 (2005.100.141) © Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris

Introduction at Suzy's

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Brassaï (French, b. Transylvania, 1899–1984)
Introduction at Suzy's, 1932–33
Gelatin silver print; 23.1 x 16.8 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.153)© Estate Brassaï – RMN

Negro Church

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Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)
Negro Church, 1936
Gelatin silver print; 23 x 18.6 cm (9 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Joyce F. Menschel Gift, 2005 (2005.100.170)

Kitchen Corner, Tenant Farmhouse, Hale County, Alabama

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Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)
Kitchen Corner, Tenant Farmhouse, Hale County, Alabama, 1936
Gelatin silver print; 19.5 x 16.1 cm (7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1988 (1988.1030)