J.J.E. MAYALL, A.A.E. DISDÉRI, GHEMAR FRÈRES, E. DESMAISONS, and others

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J.J.E. MAYALL, A.A.E. DISDÉRI, GHEMAR FRÈRES, E. DESMAISONS, and others

Portraits of European royalty and aristocracy, American notables and celebrities, circa 1860s

Two albums containing approx. 154 cartes-de-visite, six hand-coloured, titled in pencil on window mounts, brown morocco, gilt clasps (lacking on one album), g.e., oblong 8vo. (2)

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One album includes portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, an outdoor portrait of Princess Mary of Cambridge, the King of Greece, the King and Queen of Italy, Prince Napoleon and the Maharanee of Dhulegh Sing. The other album includes portratis of President Lincoln's wife, President Jefferson Davis and his wife, the poet Mr. Longfellow, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, Mr. Barnum and Mr. Thumb, Garibaldi, several U.S. Generals, a portrait of the Chinese Giant and a dwarf, the Chinese Giant's wife, the American Philanthropist Mr. Peabody, and Sir David Brewster.