Dec 05, 2002 - Sale 1954

Sale 1954 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 345
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CARTES-DE-VISITE)
Album containing 40 cartes-de-visite and 17 tintype portraits including the wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, a portrait of the Wild Men of Borneo, Hiram and Barney Davis, a photograph after an engraving of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgreu, an unidentified general, and a young man in his dress uniform, lovely women, handsome men, charming children, and more. Albumen prints and tintypes, with photographer's credits on the mounts, some with captions or credits, in pencil and ink. 8vo, gilt-morocco, spine and front cover separating from the book block; brass clasps. 1860s-70s