Louvre Early Photos

The National
  • Portrait of a Young Woman, Ethiopia, September 1885 – November 1888 by Jules Borelli (1852–1941). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    Portrait of a Young Woman, Ethiopia, September 1885 – November 1888 by Jules Borelli (1852–1941). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • Portrait of Sir Pratab Singh, Maharajah of Orchla with his entourage, India, 1882. Photo: MNAAG, Paris, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image Musée Guimet
    Portrait of Sir Pratab Singh, Maharajah of Orchla with his entourage, India, 1882. Photo: MNAAG, Paris, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image Musée Guimet
  • Malay Interor. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    Malay Interor. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • Bursa, Group of Workmen. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
    Bursa, Group of Workmen. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
  • Album of photographs of the Philippines. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    Album of photographs of the Philippines. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • Portrait of a Persian Dignitary, Tehran, 1848. Photo: RMN – Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski
    Portrait of a Persian Dignitary, Tehran, 1848. Photo: RMN – Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski
  • Dead crocodile on a boat on the Nile, Egypt, 1852. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
    Dead crocodile on a boat on the Nile, Egypt, 1852. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
  • Portrait of three Mi’kmaq Women, Newfoundland, 1857. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
    Portrait of three Mi’kmaq Women, Newfoundland, 1857. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
  • A Street, Canton, China, 1870 – 1890. Lai Fong (c. 1839 – 1890). Aristotype print. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    A Street, Canton, China, 1870 – 1890. Lai Fong (c. 1839 – 1890). Aristotype print. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • A Tambo in the Mountains at a Height of 16,000 Feet, Andes Mountains, 1849. Attributed to Robert H. Vance (1825–1876). Full plate daguerreotype. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    A Tambo in the Mountains at a Height of 16,000 Feet, Andes Mountains, 1849. Attributed to Robert H. Vance (1825–1876). Full plate daguerreotype. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • Emir Abd el-Kader. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    Emir Abd el-Kader. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • Mostapha Ahmed (aged 21). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    Mostapha Ahmed (aged 21). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • Native of Urcos. Scientific Expedition, Peru, 1864 by Émile Colpaërt (active 1858 – 1870). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    Native of Urcos. Scientific Expedition, Peru, 1864 by Émile Colpaërt (active 1858 – 1870). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • Portrait of a Woman, Madagascar. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    Portrait of a Woman, Madagascar. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
  • View of the Viceroy of Egypt’s Palace. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France Société de géographie
    View of the Viceroy of Egypt’s Palace. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France Société de géographie