Staged Photo of a Group of Young British Soldiers Having a Mock Battle on a Hillside (1850s)

 

Staged scene of a group of young British soldiers, most probably cadets, having a mock battle on a hillside, c. 1857-1859. An early albumen print.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Portrait of Colour Sergeant J. Mullins Posing With a Cased Photograph and Sword While Serving With the Royal Marine Artillery (1858)

Portrait of Colour Sergeant J. Mullins posing with a cased photograph and sword while serving with the Royal Marine Artillery, 1858. From an issue of Black and White Budget published in 1900.

View of the Virginia Washington Monument Taken on the Day of Its Unveiling in Richmond, Virginia (1858)

View of onlookers and the Virginia Washington Monument taken on the day of its unveiling in Richmond, Virginia, February 22, 1858.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of 19-Year-Old Henry George (1858)

Portrait of 19-year-old Henry George, c. 1858.

Source: New York Public Library.

View of the Independent Boston Fusiliers on Parade on State Street in Boston, Massachusetts (1858)

View of the Independent Boston Fusiliers on parade on State Street in Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1858.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A Group Posing Around a Billiards Table in a Salon Room of Mentmore House in Buckinghamshire, England (1858)

A group posing around a billiards table in a salon room of Mentmore House in Buckinghamshire, England, c. 1858. By Roger Fenton.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Animated Hand-Colored Stereoview of an Oriental Scene by French Photographers (1858)

Animated hand-colored stereoview of an oriental scene by French photographers Furne Fils, Henri Tournier, and Drier, 1858.

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People Posing Around the USS Constitution as it is Being Overhauled at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine (1858)

People posing around the USS Constitution as it is being overhauled at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, May 27, 1858. Believed to be the oldest known photograph of the USS Constitution. By Albert Gregory.

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Animated Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Portrait of Emlen Cresson (1858)

Animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of Emlen Cresson, March 12, 1858.

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