Lot Essay
Including portraits of Mrs. Tom Thumb, Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, Harry Cornwall, 'The Australian Tom Thumb', Jennie Lee, John Tully, and Anna Beaumont.
Details
J.W. Clarke, Elliott & Fry, A.P. Chambers, Negretti & Zambra, Lock & Whitfield and othersTheatrical portraits, 1860s-90s
Album containing thirty-nine cartes-de-visite and fourteen cabinet cards, albumen prints and Woodburytypes, several identified and a few autographed in ink/pencil on mounts, loosely inserted in pre-cut window mounts, the majority identified in ink on mounts, upper cover with large onlaid silver-plate bas-relief depicting Lohengrin bidding farewell to Elsa of Brabant (spine damaged), g.e., 4to.; with three cabinet cards loosely inserted.
Album containing thirty-nine cartes-de-visite and fourteen cabinet cards, albumen prints and Woodburytypes, several identified and a few autographed in ink/pencil on mounts, loosely inserted in pre-cut window mounts, the majority identified in ink on mounts, upper cover with large onlaid silver-plate bas-relief depicting Lohengrin bidding farewell to Elsa of Brabant (spine damaged), g.e., 4to.; with three cabinet cards loosely inserted.