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A Selection of Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Photographs

Robert Browning
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




Disraeli
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





Kingsley
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




Mark Lemon
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




Pasteur
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




Pasteur
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




Pasteur
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




Lord Russell
Lord 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




Earl of Derby
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




Lord Palmerston
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




Tennyson
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




Baron Chelmsford
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




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