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A Selection of Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Photographs
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Robert Browning London: Elliott & Fry, n.d. [ca.1886]. 102 x 62mm CDV w/sepia photograph of the poet, inscr. "R. Browning" below E&F's stamp to verso. Good. (Inv. #711) C$300 |
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Benjamin Disraeli Unknown photographer, n.d. [1881]. 108 x 57mm memorial card w/mounted sepia vignette photograph of the Prime Minister facing half-left (verso blank). Good (sl. browned w/a couple of small spots). (Inv. #719) C$100 |
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Louisa
Ruth Herbert (later Mrs. Crabb) Unknown photographer, n.d. [1860s]. 90 x 60mm CDV w/photograph of the actress & model to D.G. Rossetti, together w/a close & signature ("Yours very truly / Louisa Crabb") clipped from a letter, both pasted to an irregularly trimmed card. Very Good. (Inv. #854) C$200 |
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Charles Kingsley London: John & Charles Watkins, n.d. 105 x 63mm CDV w/sepia vignette photograph of the author facing half-left. Inscribed "Revd Chas Kingsley" in an unknown hand above the Watkins stamp & Winch's Stationery Warehouse label to verso. Good. (Inv. #621) C$75 |
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Mark
Lemon London: Stereoscopic & Photographic Co., n.d. [1865]. 101 x 63mm CDV w/photograph of the editor of Punch seated & holding his cane. Inscribed "/'65" in pencil to lower margin, w/"Editor of Punch" in an unknown hand & the Stereoscopic Co. stamp to verso. Good. (Inv. #614) C$50 |
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Louis Pasteur Paris: P. Nadar, n.d. 165 x 120mm cabinet photograph of the scientist, half-length, inscribed in an unknown hand "Pasteur" & stamped by the photographer to verso. Very Good (lt. blooming of edges of photo). (Inv. #616) C$200 |
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Louis Pasteur Paris: P. Nadar, n.d. 165 x 120mm cabinet photograph of the scientist seated w/fingers interlaced, half-length, inscribed in an unknown hand "Pasteur" & stamped by the photographer to verso. Very Good (lt. blooming of edges of photo). (Inv. #617) C$200 |
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Louis Pasteur Paris: P. Nadar, n.d. 165 x 120mm cabinet photograph of the scientist, bust-length in profile, inscribed in an unknown hand "Pasteur" & stamped by the photographer to verso. Very Good (lt. blooming of edges of photo). (Inv. #615) C$200 |
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John Russell London: Mayall, 1 Aug. 1861. 101 x 63mm CDV w/sepia photograph of the Prime Minister standing full-length & leaning on a marble column. Inscribed "Earl Russell" in a faint unknown hand to lower margin, w/"Earl of ?," the Mayall stamp, & "Published (wholesale only) by Messrs. A. Marion & Co., 23 Soho Square" printed to verso. Good (sl. browned). (Inv. #619) C$50 |
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Edward
Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby London: W. Walker & Sons, n.d. 102 x 63mm CDV w/sepia photograph of the Prime Minister standing ¾-length beside a table w/his right hand on some books. Inscribed "Earl Derby" in an unknown hand & w/Walker's stamp to verso. Good. (Inv. #610) C$50 |
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Henry
John Temple, Lord Palmerston Unknown photographer, n.d. 100 x 63mm CDV w/vignette photograph of the Prime Minister, stamped "Lord Palmerston / 912" at lower margin. Good. (Inv. #611) C$50 |
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Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Stereoscopic & Photographic Co., n.d. 101 x 63mm CDV w/vignette photograph of the poet, w/the Stereoscopic Co. stamp covered by a rectangular Winch's Stationery Warehouse label to verso. Good. (Inv. #613) C$100 |
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Frederic
Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford London: Stereoscopic & Photographic Co., n.d. 101 x 63mm CDV w/sepia photograph of the Lord Chancellor seated w/an open book in his lap. Inscribed in an unknown hand "Lord Chelmsford" to lower margin, & w/the Stereoscopic Co. stamp to verso. Good (lt. smudges to lower margin). (Inv. #618) C$50 Home Page |