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Call Number: |
PH-00937 |
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Collection Name: |
[Red morocco album: 100 cartes-de-visite of famous people] |
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No. of Items: |
100 photographs in 1 bound volume |
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Span Dates: |
circa 1855-1863 |
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Description: |
Photograph album titled [Red morocco album: 100 cartes-de-visite of famous people]. Adhered on the verso of the front cover is a bookplate bearing a monogram of the initials “A. T. M. L.” and “Stausted Park.” The verso of the second page is signed “A. D. October 1860.” The album contains 100 albumen cartes-de-visite (4 are hand-colored) of British royalty, politicians, performers, authors, and various other prominent men and women of the day. Noted sitters include: Queen Alexandra, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Florence Nightingale, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, Michael Faraday, W. E. Gladstone, and Giuseppe Garibaldi among others. Photographers represented include: Baugh & Bensley (1); Bingham (1); Burton & Co. (1); Caldesi, Blanford & Co. (28); Charles Clarkington (1); A. (Antoine) Claudet (1); T. Cranfield (1); Disderi & Cie. (4); W. & D. Downey (1); Elliott & Fry (1); Georg E. Hansen (1); H. Hering (2); William Edward Kilburn (5); Horatio Nelson King (1); London Stereoscopic Co. (1); McLean, Melhuish, Napper & Co. (1); W. H. Mason (2); Maujean (2); John Jabez Edwin Mayall (10); Camille Silvy (6); Southwell (2); Georges Spingler (1); S. Thompson (2); Mr. Upton (1); Herbert Watkins (4); John & Charles Watkins (3). The remaining 16 cartes are by unidentified photographers. |
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Accession No(s): |
964:0657:0001-0100 |
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Location(s): |
f TR 655.11 C774 HRC-P (964:0657:0001-0100) |
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