19th Century Photography

Fratelli Alinari (19th century): View of the back figure of Hercules Farnese in the large hall in the National Archaeological Museum, Museo Nazionale, Naples, c. 1880, albumen paper ...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Wide lava rock landscape with posing person Vesuvius, Campania, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print Inscription: Lower midd...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: Ansicht des Palazzos Casa d'Oro am Canal Grande Venedig, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard I...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: View of the spectacular gigantic waterfalls of Tivoli at the Villa Gregoriana, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, m...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Architectural view of the Baptistry of San Giovanni Baptistery of the Duomo Florentine Romanesque, Florence, c. 1890, albumen paper print Technique:...

Giorgio Sommer (1834 Frankfurt on the Main - 1914 Naples) Circle: Historic Italy, View of Milan, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: At the lower part inscribed on the support: "Italien: Ansicht von Mailand". Date: c. 1880 Description: Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early testimony of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from middle-class circles travelled to Italy. At that time, photographs could only be taken with a great deal of time and expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site to bring back a souvenir from afar for those who stayed at home or to collect as souvenirs. Famous photographers such as Carlo Naya, Giorgio Sommer or the Alinari brothers photographed the most famous sights of their home cities and went on journeys themselves to photograph the most popular destinations of their clients and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting art...

Carlo Naya (1816 Tronzano Vercellese - 1882 Venice) Circle: Very beautiful, historical view, Venice seen from the bell tower with view of St Mark's Square, c. 1880, albumen paper pri...

V. Florianello (19th century): In front of the walls of the Arena in Verona With passers-by, guides and city dwellers, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print I...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century): "Napoli Gradoni di Chiaia", view of the busy street with vendors, passers-by and residents, Naples, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen ...

Fratelli Alinari (19th century): View of the Loggia dei Lanzi with the impressive Roman statues and isolated passers-by on the forecourt, c. 1890, albumen paper print Technique: alb...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 8.5 x 12 inches Framed size: 13.75 x 17.25 inches Signed lower right

Roberto Rive (1817 - 1868 ): Mountain top with lava of Vesuvius, testimony of time, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: l...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 18 x 12 inches Framed size: 23 x 16.75 inches Signed lower right

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 615. Canter; bareback; dark-gray Belgian horse Hansel 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 9 x 12.75 inches Muybridge...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 597. Trotting; bareback; dark-gray Belgian horse Hansel 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 7 5/8 x 13 inches Muyb...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 646. Jumping a hurdle; saddle; rider, 105, nude; gray mare Pandora 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 6 1/2 x 17 in...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173. Walking; saddle; rider, 43, nude; light-gray horse Smith 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 7.25 x 15.25 inche...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 647. Jumping a hurdle; bareback; rider, 105, nude; gray mare Pandora 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 5 7/8 x 17 ...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 631. Gallop; saddle; thoroughbred bay horse Bouquet 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 7 x 16 inches Muybridge copy...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 620. Canter; saddle; thoroughbred bay mare Annie G. 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 7 3/8 x 16 inches Muybridge ...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 592. Racking (pacing); saddle; brown horse Pronto 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 7.25 x 16.5 inches Muybridge c...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 644. Jumping a hurdle; saddle; clearing and landing; knocking over hurdle; rider, 105, gray mare Pandora. 14 x 20 ...

Lyre is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the laws, of th...

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is a precious Silver Salt print on paper, realized by Cesare Bernieri in 1861-1864. Hand-signed and stamped on the lower. Exposed in 1867 at the Pari...

Children and Madonna is a Photograph silver salt print, realized in 1862. Hand-dedication on the lower. Good conditions.  

Fall- Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century. Applied on a Passepartout Good conditions with folding on the lower and aged margins. ...

Novita Landscape - Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century. Eight photographs, four on the front and four on the rear applied on a greenish Passe...

Statue - Vintage Photograph is a Photograph applied on a Passepartout realized in the late 19th Century Good conditions, aged with a cutting on cardboard support on the lower, , Han...

LE GRAY Gustave Villiers-le-Bel 1820 † 1884 Le Caire et MESTRAL Auguste Rans 1812 † 1884 id. Autoportrait de Gustave Le Gray. 1851. Photographie. 338 x 243 mm (épreuve). 450 x 314 mm (montage). Feuille montée sur vélin. Manque important en pied, atteignant la pointe de la veste du photographe. Quelques très légères et fines griffures en surface. Au dos du montage : 3 gravures anciennes, et marque de collection mauve, « L. BONGARD » (lugt non décrit). Épreuve sur papier salé, d’après un négatif papier ciré sec. Numéroté « 540 » dans le négatif, dans l’angle supérieur gauche. Marque des étaux bien visibles dans le négatif, dans l’angle supérieur droit, et dans l’angle inférieur gauche. De toute rareté. Une seule autre épreuve connue : Pierre Bergé & Associés, vente du 19 mars 2015, lot n°101. La mission héliographique : Au mois de mai 1851, Gustave Le Gray est délégué par la commission des Monuments historiques pour photographier une liste de monuments remarquables du sud-ouest de la France. D’autres figures pionnières de la photographie participent à cette vaste campagne de recensement, et doivent couvrir le reste du pays : Hippolyte Bayard, Henri Le Secq, Édouard Baldus et Auguste Mestral. Le Gray décide de fusionner son itinéraire avec celui de son élève et ami, Auguste Mestral. Entre juillet et octobre 1851, équipé d’une voiture et de deux chambres noires, le tandem sillonne le territoire de la Loire aux Pyrénées, du château de Chambord à la cité de Carcassonne. Les deux hommes, qui se connaissent depuis 1848, réalisent ensemble les prises de vue - et se présenteront d’ailleurs en tant que coauteurs devant la commission. Un champ d’expérimentation Pour Gustave Le Gray, qui vient de mettre au point le « négatif papier ciré sec », la mission héliographique est un champ d’expérimentation inespéré. Pendant trois mois, les photographes exécutent jusqu’à trente prises de vue par jour, une véritable prouesse rendue possible par l’invention de Le Gray. En effet, celle-ci dispense de maintenir humides les négatifs papier, facilitant considérablement le travail en extérieur. Les feuilles peuvent être préparées jusqu’à quinze jours à l’avance, et développées plusieurs heures après la prise de vue. « Tout le monde comprendra combien ce nouveau procédé facilite les opérations en voyage », écrit Le Gray. Méthodiques, les deux hommes numérotent les négatifs dans l’ordre chronologique. Cette numérotation, allant jusqu’à 605, témoigne d’une production soutenue et indépendante, débordant largement le cadre imposé par la commission des monuments historiques. Progressivement, le recensement scientifique s’accompagne de véritables digressions artistiques. Entre leur séjour à Carcassonne – point culminant du voyage – et leur retour à Paris, les « photographistes » s’autorisent de nombreux clichés personnels : des vues d’Amélie les Bain, du Pont Palaldas et du pont du Gard. Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, les cloîtres gothiques d’Elne et d’Arles-sur-tech servent d’écrin à deux autoportraits de Gustave Le Gray. Le premier, réalisé à Elne, est aujourd’hui en mains privées (nous n’en avons trouvé aucune reproduction dans la littérature). Le second, pris très peu de temps après, n’est connu pour l’heure que par deux épreuves, dont celle que nous présentons. Un manifeste artistique Vêtu d’un costume noir de ville, Le Gray pose sous une arche gothique, jambes croisées et cigarette à la main. La blancheur insolente des guêtres, du chapeau et du col, accroche irrésistiblement l’œil du spectateur, et rehausse l’austère architecture médiévale d’une touche de modernité et de dandysme. L’élégance et la familiarité subtile de la mise en scène rappellent, dans leur esprit, d’autres portraits de Le Gray, habitué de compositions libres et volontiers énigmatiques – nous pensons ici à son fantomatique Autoportrait dans le miroir de la table de toilette de la duchesse de Parme, réalisé la même année, où le photographe parvient à capter son ombre fuyante dans un miroir. Contrairement à ses pairs, Le Gray s’est peu consacré au portrait, lui préférant le paysage. Il en a cependant maîtrisé tous les codes, et signé d’authentiques chefs-d’œuvre en la matière : citons ici le portrait rêveur et mélancolique du dramaturge Edmond Cottinet (1849), et celui du sculpteur Auguste Clésinger (1855), d’une vigueur éblouissante, qui fut longtemps donné à son élève Félix Nadar...

“Sunset Landscape” by Ralph Albert Blakelock sees the artist depict a stunning and bright sunset over a forest landscape.

Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph Home of the Colonel William Terrill (CSA) Roanoke Virginia, original period s...

Landscape is a  vintage photo, realized in the 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Detail of The Three Graces, Antonio Canova (1757-1822), National Collection of Sculpture, Victoria and Albert Museum © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Beautiful Extra Large 60 x ...

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Portrait of Moritz Schiff is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Portrait of Enrico Tamberlik is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a  vintage photo, realized in the Late 19th Century. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a  vintage photo, realized in the Late 19h Century .

Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait of Ernest Picaro is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by Cavilla & Bruzon Studio. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Portrait of Philip Edmond Wodehouse by De Jongh Studio, Lausanne, is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-b...

Historical Photo - Portrait  of Nicola Miraglia is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by De Jongh Studio, Lausanne. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait  of Nicola Miraglia is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by F. Brandseph, Stuttgart. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait  of Algernon Charles Swinburne is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by Studio Elliott & Fry . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait of Fred Clark is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by John Watkins Studio. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait of Louis Veuillot (1813-1883) is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait of John V. L. Pruyn is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait of Victor de Persig is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by Fermanelli & Betti Studio. . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait  of Portrait  of Enrico Tamberlik is a vintage photo, realized in the 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the 19th Century by Fratelli D'Alessandri. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the 19th Century by the belgian studio Palmer Descamps. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...