115 photographs : albumen prints ; each approximately 9.3 x 6 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
Collection of 115 of trimmed but apparently never mounted portrait photographs intended as cartes de visite. The collection includes a variety of recurring backdrops. The relative consistency of the images suggests that most (or all) may come from a single British portrait studio. The studio backdrops and props include: a drawing room with a long curtained window and ornate fireplace; idyllic rural landscapes; a lake with yachts. Props include notebooks, dolls, rocking horses, rifles, a stereoscope, a graphoscope, and a game of chess. Sitters appear to come from a range of economic classes and trades. The portraits include numerous children and men in soldier's uniform.
Subject Terms:
Carte de visite photographs -- Great Britain. | Photography -- Great Britain.