Julia Margaret Cameron Portrait of Lionel and Henry Holland ca. 1870 albumen print Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
Francis Frith Chamonix - Mer de Glace d'Aiguille du Dru ca. 1870 albumen silver print Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
Jeremiah Gurney Christina Nilsson (opera singer) ca. 1870 hand-colored albumen prints (stereocard) Minneapolis Institute of Art |
Jeremiah Gurney Annie Clark ca. 1870 albumen prints (stereocard) Minneapolis Institute of Art |
Jeremiah Gurney Clara Louise Kellogg ca. 1870 albumen print Minneapolis Institute of Art |
William J. Stillman Ancient Theater at Syracuse (Sicily) 1870 carbon print Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
Frank Mason Good Trees ca. 1870 albumen print Princeton University Art Museum |
Guadenzio Marconi Couple and Dog ca. 1870 albumen print Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Guadenzio Marconi Model in Academic Pose ca. 1870 albumen print Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri |
Guglielmo Marconi Model in Academic Pose ca. 1870 albumen print Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
Guglielmo Marconi Models against Painted Backdrop (Eve and Adam in Eden) ca. 1870 albumen print Princeton University Art Museum |
Félix Bonfils Cairo - Allée des Pyramides ca. 1870 albumen print Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
Félix Bonfils Temple of Jupiter (interior), Baalbek, Lebanon (Heliopolis) ca. 1872 albumen print Minneapolis Institute of Art |
Félix Bonfils Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon (Heliopolis) 1872 albumen silver print Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
Bruno Braquehais Coin des rues St Martin et Rivoli, Paris (destruction wrought during the Commune conflicts) 1871 albumen silver print Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
William and Daniel Downey Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Phèdre ca. 1874 albumen silver print (carte de visite) Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
from Deciphering the Alphabet
From a north window,
the choked river,
a slippery crack of light.
a slippery crack of light.
Does my neighbor notice me
crouched down,
my bare fingers exploring
the deer tracks I've found,
some chips in the ice?
I wave once,
but she stares
absentmindedly into the cold.
Pure imitation.
The great bored glacier of her face.
– Francine Sterle (2001)