Dessins photographiques sur Papier. Recueil No. 2. [The "Bayard Album"]

Hippolyte Bayard; William Henry Fox Talbot

1839–1855

Various, see extensions

J. Paul Getty Museum

A green marbled book cover with a cream-colored label in the center. The label has handwritten text in French. Hippolyte Bayard’s self-portrait at his garden gate introduces the contents of this 184-page album, one of the earliest photographic albums ever created. Here you can browse a re-creation of the entire album. You have the option to zoom in on pages and photographs. You can view the album as a grid of page thumbnails, single pages, or double page spreads. If the "alternate view box" is highlighted, you have the option to click on it to flip over the photograph to study inscriptions on its verso. Titled Dessins photographiques sur Papier. Receuil No. 2 [Photographic Drawings on Paper. Collection No. 2], the album includes 145 of Bayar