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Call Number:

PH-00629

Collection Name:

The Photographic Historical Portrait Gallery, Consisting of a Series of Portraits, Principally from Miniatures, in the Most Celebrated Collections in England

Creator:

Caldesi & Co.

Edwards, Amelia B., 1831-1892

No. of Items:

95 items in 1 volume

Span Dates:

1864

Description:

Published photographic album, entitled The Photographic Historical Portrait Gallery, Consisting of a Series of Portraits, Principally from Miniatures, in the Most Celebrated Collections in England (London: P. & D. Colnaghi, Scott, & Co., [1864- ]) by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (British, 1831-1892). The album contains 50 mounted albumen photographs by L. Caldesi and Co. The Ransom Center holds volume 1. An inscription by Helmut Gernsheim reads: "150-200 photographs of 50 plates. All that was published. There is no record of a second vol."

Accession No(s):

964:1058:0001-0095; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

f TR 680 E282 HRC-P (964:1058:0001-0095)
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