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What makes a photographic masterpiece? It might be a perfectly balanced still-life, bathed in natural light. It might be a stirring portrait or a captured moment of history or a sublime landscape. Great photographs can intrigue us, astound us, mystify us, move us. The photographs in this exhibition–all drawn from a private collection–share a special, intangible quality that sets them apart from the billions of other camera images taken over the last 158 years.

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William Henry Fox Talbot: The Footman.

The first photograph on paper of a human figure, 1840

Unidentified Photographer: The Telegrapher

Daguerreotype, circa 1853

Alexander Hesler: Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Edward Anthony: Broadway on a Rainy Day

Albumen stereoscopic photograph, 1860

Bisson Freres: Glacier des Bossons

Albumen print, 1860

George N. Barnard: Nashville From the Capitol

Albumen print, 1865

David B. Woodbury: Mrs. Henry’s House

Albumen print, circa 1864

Will Soule: Scalped Hunter Near Fort Dodge

Albumen print, 1869

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	William Henry Fox Talbot: The Footman. The first photograph on paper of a human figure, 1840
Unidentified Photographer: The Telegrapher Daguerreotype, circa 1853
	Alexander Hesler: Abraham Lincoln, 1860
Edward Anthony: Broadway on a Rainy Day Albumen stereoscopic photograph, 1860
	Bisson Freres: Glacier des Bossons Albumen print, 1860
George N. Barnard: Nashville From the Capitol Albumen print, 1865
	David B. Woodbury: Mrs. Henry’s House Albumen print, circa 1864
Will Soule: Scalped Hunter Near Fort Dodge Albumen print, 1869