FRENCH WILFRED A Album entitled Old New England Homes and Hi

Sale 1947 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 2,300

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

FRENCH, WILFRED A.<>
Album entitled "Old New England Homes and Historic Buildings," with 48 photographs, comprising 45 of Boston and nearby towns, 2 of New London, Conn., and one of Newport, R. I. Albumen prints, 5 3/4x4 1/2to 7 1/4x9 inches (14.6x11.4 to 18.4x22.8 cm.) and the reverse, each with a printed title and/or handwritten caption on mount recto. Oblong folio, 1/2 gilt-lettered morocco, front cover partially detached, corners worn; several leaves detached. 1891

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Compiled and copyrighted by French, a Boston-based photographer who specialized in views of Colonial, Revolutionary, and Victorian-era landmarks, the album includes pictures of the homes of John Adams, J. Q. Adams, Craddock, Emerson, Hawthorne, Hancock, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Revere, Thoreau; the Alcott School of Philosophy; and an unpublished view of James Russell Lowell in his study.<