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Pair of Large Portrait Photographs in Oval Ormolu Frames
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A pair of large portrait photographs in oval ormolu frames
This handsome couple come from Brest
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Twenty Framed 19th Century French Portrait Etchings
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic set of twenty 19th century framed etchings of Roman and Greek emperors, statesmen, and philosophers including Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Cicero, Marcus Brutus, Arist...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper
Large Old Photo Portrait Old Man Gold Frame Resin Bruges 1921
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful old photo, portrait of an older man, framed in a gold frame made of wood and resin
Category
1920s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$347 Sale Price
55% Off
LARGE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH of a noble lady in oak frame, French
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Original oak framed portrait photograph of a noble lady - French. The lady wearing a heavily
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Victorian Sepia Tone Photograph Family Portrait in Frame
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This late Victorian family portrait is in excellent original condition with frame intact and
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Late 19th Century Canadian Victorian Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Garibaldi - Original Albumen Print - 1874
By Lodovico Tuminello
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Garibaldi by Lodovico Tuminello is an albumen print applied on grey cardboard
Category
1870s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photo portrait of Gentlemen - Florence 1896
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage silver-salt photo taken in 1896 by Studio Moretti, Florence. Date and dedication on the back. Good conditions.
Category
1890s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Carl (Karl) Everton Moon (American, 1878-1948) Portrait of Hostin Nez. (Navajo)
By Carl Moon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl (Karl) Everton Moon (American, 1878 - 1948) A Portrait Photograph of 'Hostin Nez." or 'Hostin
Category
Early 20th Century American Navajo Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Linen, Glass, Walnut, Paper
$14,950 Sale Price
64% Off
The Portrait of Madame Ferrari- Photograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait of Madame Ferrari is a photo from a painting on creamy-colored paper, realized in the
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Ancient Albumen Print - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Albumen Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an albunen photographic print made by Giovanni Puppo in
Category
1870s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait Queen Mary - B/W photographic - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Queen Mary is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Paolo Guarienti - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Paolo Guarienti is an original black and white photograph realized in Civic museum in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo portrait by Studio Seambart
Andrè - Paris 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo portrait of an elegant woman by Studio Seambart & Andrè - Paris 1910s.
Category
1910s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo-Portrait Hand Signed by Giuseppe Garibaldi - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Signed Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an albumen print realized by Lugi Montabone, Florence 1870
Category
1870s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Devotional Portraits from Kyoto - Ancient Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Devotional Portraits in Kyoto is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a
Category
1880s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Teresa Mozzi - Photo After a Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Teresa Mozzi is an original photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Portraits from Osaka, Japan - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Occupational portraits in Osaka is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a
Category
1880s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portraits of Women and Children in Nagasaki - Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits Women and Children in Nagasaki is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline
Category
1880s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Portraits from Osak, Japan - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of Osaka Workers and Traders is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline
Category
1880s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Beaty - Archival fine art print, Black white photo, Portrait of a young woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sutcliffe (1878- 1942) entitled ' Beaty '
Portrait of a young woman created cerca 1915
Unframed
Paper
Category
1910s Academic Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Portrait of Garibaldi - Original Albumen Print with Hand-Written Notes - 1860/70
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait and Patriotic Epitaph written by Garibaldi is a CDV albumen print, datable around 1870
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Portraits of Women from Nagasaki - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of Nagasaki Women is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a
Category
1880s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Portraits of Women from Nagasaki - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of Women in Nagasaki is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a
Category
1880s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Framed Portrait Monochrome Photography American Postcolonial 9k Gold Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed Portrait Monochrome Photography American Gilded Age
Size: 2.5 inch by 2 inch
Weight: 18.3
Category
1880s American Art Nouveau Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
9k Gold
19th C Elizabeth Pulman (1836-1900) Maori Portraits
Landscape Photography
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Pulman (Elizabeth, 1836-1900). A fine collection of Maori Portrait of Chiefs, natives, and
Category
19th Century New Zealand Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Pine, Paper
Pair of 19th century hand cut paper portrait silhouettes
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
alternative to oil portraits, when photography had yet to be invented. These paper cut silhouettes are hand
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper
The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Boards, 1899
By Theodore Roosevelt
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
black and white portrait of Roosevelt, based on photography by Rockwood, with Roosevelt’s facsimile
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Les Facheux - Rare Book illustrated by Jean Cocteau - 1924
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
First Edition 2 vols. Copy on vélin d'Arches with slipcase. Photography portrait on frontispice of
Category
1920s Modern Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper
Winter Landscape
Located in Pasadena, CA
landscapes and portraits. He worked in photography to support himself while he studied. He also attended the
Category
1890s Impressionist Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait de Ludovic Halévy.
By Edgar Degas
Located in PARIS, FR
Edgar DEGAS
Paris 1834 † 1917 id.
Portrait of Ludovic Halévy. About 1895-1896.
Photograph
Category
1890s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Edward Curtis, Girl and Jar Portrait, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Photogravure
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Curtis. Girl and Jar Portrait, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Joseph T. Keiley, Portrait, Miss De C., 1907 From Camera Work No. 17
By Edward Steichen
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Joseph T. Keiley
Portrait – Miss De C., 1907
From "Camera Work" No. 17 (January 1907)
Photogravure
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
A Travois - Blackfoot
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
American portraiture, Southwest photography).
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Girl and Jar, San Ildefonso, plate 590
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
van Gelder paper. (Native American portraiture, Southwest photography). From the North American Indian
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Girl in Fairground Caravan
By August Sander
Located in Atlanta, GA
August Sander's work includes landscape, nature, architecture, and street photography, but he is
Category
1920s Constructivist Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Farm Children
By August Sander
Located in Atlanta, GA
August Sander's work includes landscape, nature, architecture, and street photography, but he is
Category
1920s Constructivist Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Haschogan - Navaho, House God. 1904.
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
tissue from Volume 1 (Native American portraiture, Navajo, Southwest photography). Original photogravure
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
A Hopi Girl, Plate 406, 1905
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Portfolio 12. (Native American portraiture, Southwest photography). Original photogravure from the North
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
James Joyce
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in New York, NY
be his photography assistant. Despite having no experience in photography, Abbott soon started to
Category
1920s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Steamy!", Lula-Allie Villain for Von magazine, Los Angeles, May
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Milano, IT
Ellen von Unwerth is a fashion photographer whose experience as a model is the basis of her practice. Influenced by the glamorous eroticism of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin, von Unwe...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Feminist Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Bees," for Grey magazine, Paris
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Milano, IT
Ellen von Unwerth is a fashion photographer whose experience as a model is the basis of her practice. Influenced by the glamorous eroticism of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin, von Unwe...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Feminist Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fo-e (“Snow Child”) (Santa Clara)
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Fo-e (“Snow Child”) (Santa Clara) 1905. vintage photogravure on Japanese Tissue from Volume 17 North American Indian Project.
Category
1920s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
César, The sculptor
Located in PARIS, FR
This is the french sculptor Cesar.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Lambda
A Family Group – Noatak, Plate 717
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Cleaning Wheat – San Juan, 1905
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
A Hopi Mother, Plate 403, 1921
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, edges of white border of paper has some handling creases.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Grinding Medicine – Zuni, Plate 606
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Girl and Jar, San Ildefonso, New Mexico
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, white border of paper has some wear.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Lily Brik
By Alexander Rodchenko
Located in Atlanta, GA
turning to photomontage and photography. His photography was socially engaged, formally innovative, and
Category
1920s Constructivist Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Edward Curtis, A Hopi Mother, Plate 403, Photogravure on Holland van Gelder
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Curtis. A Hopi Mother, Plate 403, Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder. Plate 406. Paper size 22 x 18". Typed artist name, dated, and titled on print recto.
In the early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Edward Curtis, A Hopi Girl, Plate 406, Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder paper
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Curtis. A Hopi Girl, Plate 406, Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder paper. Plate 406. Paper size 22 x 18". Typed artist name, dated, and titled on print recto.
In the early 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Poster Lady, 1906, from Camerawork, Steichen Supplement, photogravure
By Edward Steichen
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Steichen
Poster Lady, 1906
Pl.35, Vol. SS, CameraWork
Deluxe edition of the Steichen Supplement, published simultaneously with Camera Work Number 14
Photogravure
Image Size: 6...
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Edward Curtis, A Family Group - Noatak, Plate 717, Photogravure
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Curtis, A Family Group - Noatak, Plate 717, Photogravure, from Volume 20. Plate 717. Image Size: 11.5 x 15.75. Paper size: 18 x 21.75" Typed artist name, dated, and titled on ...
Category
1920s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Edward Curtis, Grinding Medicine - Zuni, Plate 606, Photogravure
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Curtis, Grinding Medicine - Zuni, Plate 606, Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder paper. Plate 606. Image Size: 11.5 x 15.75. Paper size: 7.75 x 22" Typed artist name, dated, an...
Category
1920s Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Edward Steichen. The Photographer
s Best Model-Bernard Shaw, 1913, photogravure
By Edward Steichen
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Steichen (1879-1973). The Photographer’s Best Model – Bernard Shaw, 1913. 7.75 x 6.5" Image Size, 11.25 x 7.75" Paper Size, 16.5 x 13.25" Frame size. Camera Work Volume 42/43....
Category
1910s Modern Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Photograph of a Samurai
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand-tinted original albumen print, from the private Ellsworth collection.
Features a samurai standing on a woodland path, outfitted with swords and full armor, wearing a rain cape ...
Category
19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Photograph of a Samurai
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A Samurai in full armor, wielding a bow and arrow. Attributed to Kimbei. From the Ellsworth collection.
Hand-tinted original albumen print.
Matted and custom framed.
c. 1880
Category
19th Century Antique Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
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Find the exact piece of antique portrait photography you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Find Contemporary versions now, or shop for Contemporary creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Making the right choice when shopping for an item from our selection of antique portrait photography may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a choice in our collection of antique portrait photography to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of beige, black, brown, orange and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of antique portrait photography examples over the years, but those made by Edward S. Curtis, Edward Steichen, Edward Curtis, John Albok and August Sander are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paper, photographic paper and archival pigment print can add an especially memorable touch.
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The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
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