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Including several portraits of Adah Isaacs Menken, a portrait of Swinburne and another of Alexander Dumas.
Theatrical portraits, 1860s-70s
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REUTLINGER, SARONY & CO., THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY, NESTROY and others
Theatrical portraits, 1860s-70s
Album containing nine cartes-de-visite, the majority with printed photographers' credits on mounts, several identified in ink/pencil on verso, loosely inserted in pre-cut window mounts, one-per-page, folding leather wallet (broken), sm. 8vo.; four other carte-de-visite portraits, mounts trimmed, matted together; with The Theatre: monthly review and magazine, June 1, 1879 including a Woodburytype portrait of Sarah Bernhardt with facsimile signature on mount, and a duplicate loosely inserted.(a lot)
Theatrical portraits, 1860s-70s
Album containing nine cartes-de-visite, the majority with printed photographers' credits on mounts, several identified in ink/pencil on verso, loosely inserted in pre-cut window mounts, one-per-page, folding leather wallet (broken), sm. 8vo.; four other carte-de-visite portraits, mounts trimmed, matted together; with The Theatre: monthly review and magazine, June 1, 1879 including a Woodburytype portrait of Sarah Bernhardt with facsimile signature on mount, and a duplicate loosely inserted.(a lot)