page_title: 19th century
section_title: Photography
hierarchical_section_title: 19th century / Culture / Photography
caption_attribution_description: English: View from the Window at Le Gras, the first successful permanent photograph created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827, in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Captured on 20 × 25 cm oil-treated bitumen. Due to the 8-hour exposure, the buildings are illuminated by the sun from both right and left. Español: Vista de Le Gras desde una ventana primera fotografía permanente tomada con éxito por Nicéphore Niépce en 1826 o 1827, Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. 20 × 25 cm. Precisó de ocho horas de exposición. Français&#160;: Nicéphore Niépce (1826 ou 1827). Vue de la fenêtre du domaine du Gras, à Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Première photographie permanente jamais réalisée. Deutsch: J. N. Niépce (1826-1827). Blick aus dem Arbeitszimmer in Le Gras. 20 × 25 cm auf ölbehandeltem Asphalt. Durch die 8-stündige Belichtungszeit erscheinen die Gebäude sowohl rechter- als auch linkerhand sonnenbeschienen. Dieses Foto gilt allgemein als erstes der Welt. Magyar: A Kilátás a dolgozószobából a legrégebbi fennmaradt fotográfia, melyet Nicéphore Niépce készített Saint-Loup-de-Varennes-ben, saját dolgozószobájának ablakából, feltehetően 1826-1827 nyarán. Русский: Вид из окна на Le Gras, первая из фотографий, созданная Нисефором Ньепсом в 1826-1827 году, Сен-Лу-де-Варенн. Использовалась пластина, сделанная из сплава олова со свинцом и покрытая асфальтом. Размер 20 × 25. Из-за 8-часовой экспозиции, здания освещаются солнцем справа и слева.
context_page_description: The 19th century was a century that began on January 1, 1801, and ended on December 31, 1900.
  The 19th century saw large amounts of social change; slavery was abolished, and the First and Second Industrial Revolutions led to massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit and prosperity. The Islamic gunpowder empires were formally dissolved and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia and almost all of Africa under colonial rule.
  It was marked by the collapse of the Spanish, Zulu Kingdom, First French, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the United States, the German Empire, the Second French Empire, the Kingdom of Italy and Meiji Japan, with the British boasting unchallenged dominance after 1815. After the defeat of the French Empire, and its Indian allies in the Napoleonic Wars, the British and Russian empires expanded greatly, becoming the world's leading powers. The Russian Empire expanded in the Caucasus, central and far eastern Asia.
context_section_description: Ottomar Anschütz, chronophotographer
  Mathew Brady, documented the American Civil War
  Edward S. Curtis, documented the American West notably Native Americans
  Louis Daguerre, inventor of daguerreotype process of photography, chemist
  Thomas Eakins, pioneer motion photographer
  George Eastman, inventor of roll film
  Hércules Florence, pioneer inventor of photography
  Auguste and Louis Lumière, pioneer film-makers, inventors
  Étienne-Jules Marey, pioneer motion photographer, chronophotographer
  Eadweard Muybridge, pioneer motion photographer, chronophotographer
  Nadar a.k.a. Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, portrait photographer
  Nicéphore Niépce, pioneer inventor of photography
  Louis Le Prince, motion picture inventor and pioneer film-maker
  Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky,  chemist and photographer
  William Fox Talbot, inventor of the negative / positive photographic process.
caption: One of the first photographs, produced in 1826 by Nicéphore Niépce
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