Introduction to the History of Photography

Alexander Gardner (1821 – 1882) Execution of conspirators to Lincoln's assassination (July 7, 1865) source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gardner_(photographer)

Albert Fernique1841-1898 Album de la construction de la Statue de la Liberté. (published 1883, Paris) source: New York Public Library Digital Collection

Ambrotype photograph by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) from July 21, 1865 depicting Effie Gray Millais, John Everett Millais, and their daughters Effie and Mary at 7 Cromwell Place, signed by Effie Millais. "Alexandra 'Xie' Rhoda Kitchin (September 29, 1864-April 6, 1925) was the favourite photographic subject of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), who photographed her around fifty times, from age four until just before her sixteenth birthday. She was also a notable 'child-friend' of Dodgson. The works they made together, often in tableau form, are commonly known to collectors, curators, and the contemporary artists who are inspired by them as the 'Xie' (pronounced 'Ecksy' - a diminutive form of Alexandra) pictures. " source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Kitchin Alice Liddell and her sisters, c.1859 Photo of Alice Liddell by Lewis Carroll. (1858) source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll#The_Photographer

André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819–1889) Prince Lobkowitz , 1858 Albumen silver print from glass negative; 7 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (20 x 23.2 cm) image source: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/infp/ho_1995.170.1.htm André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri The Organ Grinder c. 1853 , salt print 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. image source: http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=69940&handle=li Multiple-shot camera invented by Desderi image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Appareil_disderi.gif link: Carte-de-visite photography by Robert Leggat

Pierre-Louis Pierson, Countess of Castiglione, c.1860 link: "La Divine Comtesse": Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione, Metropolitan Museum, NY

Re-enactment of the October 16, 1846 ether operation; daguerrotype by Southworth & Hawes. image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Southworth_%26_Hawes_-_First_etherized_operation_%28re-enactment%29.jpg

Étienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906) Charles Baudelaire, ca. 1863 Woodburytype image source: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/infp/ho_64.677.4.htm