Victorian Portraits for Sale
I have now decided to sell some of my photograph collection.
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Laura Adeline Carey, A carte de visite photograph of Laura Adeline
Carey (1869-1959) as a baby by Francis Harris Secourable and Barnett.
Laura Carey was born in Southend, Essex, the daughter of Arthur Carey,
a civil engineer and his wife Elizabeth Skipper. She had siblings called
Arthur Reginald Carey and Seymour James Carey, both of who joined the
army. She married Alexander Mcdonald Baird in 1902. Inscription on front
in ink ‘Laura Adeline Carey & dog Bill 1870'. Good condition. |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Mrs. Cregoe Colmore, A carte de visite photograph by P. Skeolan,
12 Promenade Villas, Cheltenham, taken in the early 1860s. Inscribed
in ink on reverse ‘Mrs. Cregoe Colmore, Moor End, Cheltenham'.
Probably Mary Cregoe Colmore, the wife of Colmore Frind Cregoe Colmore
of Moor End, Cheltenham. She is wearing a silk dress and posed with
a small dog. Good condition. |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Hannah Landsberg, A carte de visite mourning card
photograph Of Hannah Rachel Landsberg (1851-1877), the daughter
of Hirsch Landsberg and Rosalie Landsberg. Her father was an Austrian
silversmith and jeweller in Oxford Street. She married David Lowe in London
in 1876. The card says she was buried in Willesden Cemetery.
The photograph is very faded. Ref. no. 3 |
PRICE £30 $49 |
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Captain Francis Price, A carte de visite of Francis Price by
Edward J. Harding and Son, 11 South Mall, Cork, Ireland. Francis Price
(1804-1863) was the son of Sir Rose Price of Trengwainton, Cornwall.
He married Catherine Henrietta Hewitt in Cork in 1835 and they were
the parents of Henry Talbot Price. Inscription in ink on the reverse,
'Captain Francis Price, 19th Regiment, Son of Sir Rose Price baronet'.
The photograph was taken in about 1861 and Price is posed with a tiny
white dog at his feet. Good condition. |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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James Webber Smith, A carte de visite of James Webber
Smith age 22 in Simla, India by Howard Bourne and Shepherd. The photograph
was taken in about 1868. James Webber Smith was the son of Major General
James Webber Smith. He joined the 38th Regiment (Staffordshire) of Foot
in the army in 1863 and became a captain in 1870. He was the great uncle
of actor David Niven. Some fading. Ref. no. 5 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Colonel George Maclean, A carte de visite photograph of Colonel
George Maclean of the Royal Artillery, taken by Kilburn of London in
about 1861. George Maclean (c.1811-1862) was the son of Alexander Maclean
and Lady Margaret Maclean of Ardgour, Scotland. His grandfather was
John Hope, the second Earl of Hopetoun. George Maclean was Aide de Camp
to the Governor of Ceylon in the 1840s and married Jane Amelia Campbell,
the daughter of Sir Colin Campbell. The reverse is inscribed in pencil
'Col. George Maclean R.A. husband to Minnie sister to my mother'. A
few minor marks to photo. |
PRICE £45 £73 |
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Lady Elizabeth Pringle, a carte de visite photograph of Lady
Elizabeth Pringle (c.1794-1878) by George Bruce of Duns (Dunse), Berwickshire,
Scotland. It was taken in about 1865. Lady Elizabeth Maitland Campbell
was the daughter of the John Campbell, the 4th Earl of Breadalbane and
1st Marquess of Breadalbane and she married Sir John Pringle of Stitchell.
She later lived at Langton House, Duns, a house left to her by the Marquess
of Breadalbane. The reverse of the picture is inscribed 'Lady Elizabeth
Pringle with Rosa Brooks kind regards'. Good condition. |
PRICE £45 £73 |
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Charles Stephen Leslie, two carte de visite photographs of Charles
Stephen Leslie of Petternear House, Balquhain Castle, Aberdeenshire
by R. Brown of 8 West High Street, Inverurie, Scotland. The first shows
Stephen smoking a pipe and wearing a kilt and tartan socks. The second
shows Stephen, his young son sitting on a pony and two gillies. One
gillie has a dirk and a shotgun. Charles Stephen Leslie (1832-1916),
of the Clan Leslie, was a Scottish landowner. Good condition. |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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Joseph and Elizabeth Winterhoff, a real photo postcard of Joseph
Winterhoff and his wife Elizabeth, posted on 23 December 1903 to Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Holloway, 20 Medora Road, Elm Park, Brixton Hill, London.
The message reads 'With best wishes for health and happiness to you
both and hoping you will spend a happy Xmas, from Joe & Elizabeth
Winterhoff, Xmas 1903'. Joseph Winterhoff (c.1873-19) was born in Germany
and was the son of Louise and Frederick Winterhoff. He grew up in Claines,
Worcestershire. In 1901 the Winterhoffs were living in Walthamstow,
London at 100 Albert Road and Joseph was working as a mechanical engineer.
A few marks to card. |
PRICE £30 $49 |
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Sir Henry Jourdain and Lady Jourdain, two carte
de visite photographs by Treble of Hastings. Henry John Jourdain (1835-1901)
was the son of London merchant Frederick Jourdain and was a banker and
East India merchant. He worked in Mauritius for some time and was chairman
of Blyth, Greene, Jourdain and Company. His first wife, pictured here,
was Rosina Augusta Bourguignon (c.1838-1880). Good condition. Ref. no. 10 |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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Colonel Charles Cornwallis Chesney and Mrs. Alice Wilby Chesney,
two carte de visite photographs by Clement Lagriffe of Paris. Charles
Cornwallis Chesney (c.1826-1876) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal
Engineers. He was born in Ireland and taught military history at Sandhurst
and was the author of several influential books. His wife Alice (c.1834-1916)
was born in Bermuda. Good condition. |
PRICE £80 $130
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Eric William Mayers, a carte de visite photograph of Eric William
Mayers age about four by Edgar Scamell, Photographer, 120 Crouch Hill,
London. In ink on reverse ‘Eric William Mayers Dec. 28th 1893 July
28th 1955'. Eric Mayers was the son of James C. and Martha Mayers. As
a child he lived in Hornsey. He served in the First World War and married
Catherine Elaine Evans in 1923. He worked as a glass manufacturer. Good
condition. |
PRICE £45 $73
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Alick Lister Kaye, two carte de visite photographs
of Alick Lister Kaye (born 1833) by Sir Aubrey Dean Paul of Putney. Alick
Lister Kaye (born 1833) was the son of Sir John Lister Lister Kaye of
Denby Grange, Wakefield in Yorkshire. Alick Lister Kaye served in the
navy and went to America. He seems to have served in the American Civil
War as the picture on the right shows him in an American naval uniform;
the picture on the left shows Kaye in Paul's studio on a visit to England
in September 1867; the picture on the right is a copy by Paul of a photograph
of Kaye taken by the American Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. The
photographer Sir Aubrey Dean Paul was married to Alick Kaye's sister.
The picture of Kaye in uniform has some fading and is more grainy. Good
condition. Ref. no. 13 |
PRICE £60 $98
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William Stevens Paine Smith, a carte de visite photograph of William Stevens Paine Smith (1846-1916) by F.W. Evans of 245 Old Kent Road, London. Smith was a successful burcher. According to the inscription, William Stevens Paine Smith was born on 6 January 1846 and died on 1 October 1916. He was the son of Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Stevens and was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. He married Sarah Jane Fisher in 1869 and they had children called Frank Edward F. Smith (1870), Selina Alice Smith (1873-1953; married Joseph Rogers), Sarah Jane Smith (1877), Millicent Maud Smith (1878), William Walter Smith (1880), William Walter Smith (1880), Nancy Fisher Smith (1885-1957; married Frederick Valentine Jenns), Kate Eleanor Mary Smith (1887), Martha Louisa Smith (1889; married Archibald Gransby Hawkins), Fred James Smith (born 1890) and Young Tom Smith (1892 - 1964; a butcher). Good condition. Ref. no. 14 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Hugh Thurburn and Mary Ann Thurburn, two carte de visite photographs
of Hugh Thurburn and his wife Mary Ann Thurburn. Hugh Thurburn (c.1813-1877)
was a wealthy banker and merchant who worked in Egypt as a director
of the Bank of Egypt. He was born in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. His
wife Antonina Mary Ann Barker (c.1808-1888) was born in Italy. The portrait
of Hugh Thurban is by Kilburn of London, and the picture of his wife
is by G. & R. Lavis of Eastbourne. On the reverse of Mrs. Thurburn
is inscribed 'Mrs. Hugh Thurburn of Alexandria & Palermo - nee Barker
- 1867' and on the front in pencil 'Aunt Mary Ann Thurburn'. A few small
marks. Good condition. |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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Gracilla Boddington, a carte de visite photograph of Gracilla
Boddington (1801-1887) by W. Cox of 13 Bridge Street, Northampton. Gracilla
Boddington was born in Hawkshead, Lancashire and was the daughter of
Grace Ashburner (the former wife of Irish politician Samuel Boddington)
and Benjamin Boddington (who stood trial for 'stealing' his cousin's
wife). The family wealth came from the South Sea Company. In 1871 she
was living at Burcher Cottage in Titley, Herefordshire. Gracilla Boddington
was the author of a number of religious books. The executor of her estate
was her nephew Reginal Stewart Boddington. A few marks to image, but
a rare item. |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Captain Thomas Mackenzie, a carte de visite photograph of Captain
Thomas Mackenzie (born c.1837) of the 78th Highlanders by G.W. Wilson
of Aberdeen. Thomas Mackenzie was the son of Forbes Mackenzie of Ross-shire,
Scotland and joined the 78th Highland Regiment of Foot in 1858. In 1861
he was stationed at Edinburgh Castle. He became a captain in 1863, about
the time this photograph was taken. Good condition. |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Howorth, a carte de visite photograph
of Lieut. Col. Richard Howorth (c.1801-1872) by Sarony of Scarborough.
Howorth had served in the Royal Engineers, joining in 1825. He was born
in Ipswich and died in France. He saw action in Canada during the Rebellion
of 1837 and 1838 and 1839 and was awarded a medal during the Kaffir War
of 1846. In 1851 he was living with his mother Elizabeth, a landed proprietor,
in Ipswich. He left his estate to his brother the Reverend William Howorth,
the vicar of Whitton, Ipswich, Suffolk. His nephew Richard Fletcher Armytage
became an army chaplain. Good condition. Ref. no. 18 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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General John Colborne, 1st Lord Seaton, a carte
de visite of John Colborne, the first Baron Seaton (1778-1863) by Southwell
Brothers, and taken in about 1861. John Colborne was born in Lyndhurst,
Hampshire, and was the son of Cordelia Anne Garstin and Samuel Colborne.
He had a long and distinguished career and amongst many other things commanded
the 2nd Brigade of Light Infantry at the Battle of Waterloo as a young
man. He became Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and was the Commander
in Chief of the army in Canada during the Rebellion of 1837. In 1854 he
became the Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards. Good condition. Ref. no. 19 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Robert Edward Miller, three carte de visite photographs of Robert Miller by the London Stereoscopic Company. The first two portraits are identical and are inscribed on the reverse 'Robert Edward Miller, his likeness, April 24th 1865, aged 20 years, King's College, Strand, London'. The third picture shows him in his Rifle Brigade volunteer uniform and is inscribed in the reverse 'In uniform of London Rifle Volunteer Brigade'. Believed to be Robert Edward Miller (c.1844-c.1870), the son of London wine merchant Henry Maxwell Miller (c.1801-61) and his wife Elizabeth Jane Miller. The Millers were from Dublin, Ireland and in 1851 were living in Belmont Place, Kennington with Robert, son Henry Maxwell Miller, daughter Elizabeth Annie Maria Miller (married Wallace Hall), son John Charles Miller and daughter Maria L.G. Miller (married William Charles Miller). One portrait faded & marked, and a crease to side of volunteer picture. Ref. no. 20 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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General Alfred Hastings Horsford, a carte de visite of Sir Alfred
Hastings Horsford (1818-1885) by J. Beattie of Clifton, Briatol. He
was the son of George Horsford and Mary Ann Brocksop. He fought with
the Rifle Brigade in the Kaffir War of 1846-1847 and commanded the 1st
battalion in 1852-1853. During the Crimean War he commanded the 1st
Battalion in the Battle of the Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman and at the
siege Sebastopol. During the Indian Mutiny he was commander of the 3rd
battalion of the Rifle Brigade at Cawnpore and was wounded. He also
saw action at Oude. He died at Belmaduthy House, Munlochy, in Scotland
in 1885. Top edge of card trimmed. Good condition. |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Captain Henry Whitby Briscoe, a carte de visite
photograph of H.W. Briscoe of the Royal Artillery by an unknown photographer,
taken in about 1867. Henry Whitby Briscoe (c.1837-1876) was the son of
Henry Whitby Briscoe of Tinvane, Carrick on Suir, Tipperary in Ireland.
He was married to Caroline Anna Smyth. During the Crimean War he fought
with the siege train at the siege of Sebastopol. He died at his home Silverlands
in Silverhill, St. Leonards. His widow Caroline married Frederick Lorn
Campbell of the Scots Guards. Good condition. Ref. no. 22 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Joseph Charles Bowman, Ann Elza Bowman and Amelia Maud
Bowman, a carte de visite photograph of Mr. J.C. Bowman, his wife
Ann Eliza King, and their three month old baby daughter Amelia Maud Bowman.
It was taken on 24 June 1862 by William Notman of Montreal, Canada. There
are handwritten details on the reverse about the family, and it seems
they lived in Lacolle, Canada East, Quebec. J.C. Bowman was Joseph Charles
Bowman. An interesting picture for Canadian research. The cdv measures
just over 3½ inches by just under 2½ inches. Condition:
faded, edges may have been trimmed slightly. Ref. no. 23 |
PRICE £25 $41
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Evelyn Hamilton Gifford, a carte de visite photograph
taken in about 1880 of Evelyn Hamilton Gifford (1876-1920) by T. Fall
of London. Evelyn Gifford was born in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire and was
the daughter of the Reverend Edwin Hamilton Gifford and Margaret Symons
Jeune. Evelyn was a cousin of Emma Gifford, the wife of Thomas Hardy and
Evelyn's father Edwin conducted the marriage between Emma Gifford and
Thomas Hardy. Evelyn remained close to the Hardys. Evelyn is posed with
a doll and a cuddly toy. Some fading and a small nick to blank area of
photo. Ref. no. 24 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Ebenezer John Hatchell, a carte de visite photograph,
taken in about 1862, of Ebenezer John Hatchell (c.1835-1881) by Chancellor
of Dublin, Ireland. At the time it was taken he was Assistant Surgeon
in the 60th Rifles. He was the son of Emily and Ebenezer Hore Hatchell
of Dublin. He became a doctor in 1856. He served in the army in India
and Dublin and joined the 60th Rifles in 1859. Good condition. Ref. no. 25 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Colonel James Conolly, A small photograph of Colonel
James Conolly (1818-1885) in Montreal, circa 1861, by an unknown photographer.
Captioned Colonel Conolly, D.A.G. (Deputy Adjutant General), Montreal.
When I bought it, it was said the photograph was originally in an album
of military families stationed in Canada during the 1860s. In earlier
years Conolly had served with distinction in the Crimean War and later
achieved the rank of Lieutenant General James Conolly. He was born in
Naples, Italy. Later he was a military attache. His Crimea medals were
sold at Spink in 2009. Good condition. Ref. no. 26 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Edward Kindersley, an unmounted photograph (small,
the size of a carte de visite) of Edward Kindersley in uniform. Identified
on the reverse in pencil as 'Uncle Ned Kindersley'. He was almost certainly
Edward Nassau Molesworth Kindersley (c.1834-1907) who was in the 19th
Foot Regiment from 1854. He is posed in uniform and is holding hat and
sword. He was the son of Nathaniel William Kindersley and married Ada
Good Murray. In the 1891 census he was a retired army captain and living
with his wife Ada and children John, Emily, Ada, Robert, Beatrice, Muriel,
Guy and Agnes at the Clock House, High Road, Wanstead, Essex. Kindersley
was born in Madras, India in about 1834 and after leaving the army worked
as a chemist. Good condition. Ref. no 27 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Major General George Bryan Milman, a carte de visite
photograph of Sir George Bryan Milman (1822-1915) by the United Association
of Photography, taken in about 1868. He was born in Tredegar Park, Newport,
Wales and was the son of Lieutenant General Francis Miles Milman. In 1848
Milman was awarded a Royal Humane Society Gold Medal for saving five people
after a boat accident in Mauritius. He served in the Indian Mutiny in
1857 with the 5th Regiment of Foot, the Northumberland Fusiliers and was
at the relief of Lucknow. For many years he was in charge of the Tower
of London as Major General. He married Mary Rose Walton, the daughter
of Lieutenant General William Lovelace Walton. Their daughter Angelena
Frances Milman (Lena Milman) married Edward Ashley Walrond Clarke (A.W.
Clarke). Good condition. Ref. no. 28 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Captain Lennox Peel, a photograph of Cecil Lennox
Peel by William Notman of Montreal, Canada. The image is no longer on
its original carte de visite card but is on album card, and has been cut
out from the album a long time ago. It was taken in about 1863. Cecil
Lennox Peel (1830-1910) was in the Scots Fusilier Guards. He was the son
of Lady Jane Lennox and Lawrence Peel and married Caroline Susan Mary
Cotton, the daughter of Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton, Viscount Combermere,
in 1867. His children were Alice Jane Lennox Peel and Cecil Hester Lennox
Peel (married Leicester Morgan Reed). Good condition. Ref. no. 29 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Colonel James Fitzgibbon, a carte de visite of James
Fitzgibbon (-1863) by J.J. Wilson of Eton. Inscribed on the reverse in
ink 'Colonel James Fitzgibbon, 49th Regiment, Grand-uncle of Harry M.A.
Fitzgibbon, father (?) Mary Fitzgibbon who resided with him at Windsor'.
Fitzgibbon was very important in Canadian military history in the war
of 1812 when he and his men were nicknamed Green Tigers. This photo was
taken on him when he was in his eighties and was a Windsor knight. Good
condition. Ref. no. 30 |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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Emma Julia Noakes, a carte de visite photograph
of Emma Jane Noakes by an unknown photographer. It was taken in 1866.
Emma Julia Noakes (1835-1891) lived in Islington Ref. no. 31 |
PRICE £30 $49 |
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F.H. McLaughlin, C.E. Graves and Edward Walpole Warren.
A photograph taken of the three young men as students at Cambridge University
in 1858. Annotated in ink at the bottom, and says Frederick Hubert McLaughlin
joined the Bengal Civil Service and Charles Edward Graves became a fellow
at St. John's College. Frederick McLaughlin (1840-1911) became a judge
in Pubna, Bengal. Charles Edward Graves (1839-1920) was a Classics lecturer.
Dr. Edward Walpole Warren (1839-1903) was the son of Victorian novelist
Samuel Warren and became the rector of St. James's Church in New York.
Faded and with a bad crease through card and photo to the right. A very
early photo. Ref. no. 32 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Edwin James Pearson, a carte de visite photograph
of Edwin James Pearson (1842-1906) in military uniform by Aubrey Dean
Paul of Putney. Annotated in ink on reverse with Pearson's birth and death
dates and that he was the 'eldest son of Sir Edwin Pearson'. A little
faded, but good clear condition. Ref. no. 33 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Letitia Mabel Lee, a carte de visite photograph
of Letitia Mabel Lee (1869-1939) and her mother by Walter and Son, the
Photographic Institute, Hawley Street, Margate. Inscribed in ink on the
reverse 'Letitia Mabel Lee age 11 months'. Letitia Mabel Lee was born
in Putney in 1869, the daughter of Sydney William Lee and Letitia Frances
Lee. Her father was an architect. She married Alfred Frederic Roe, the
artist and author Fred Roe, in Putney in 1890. Their son, the writer Frederic
Gordon Roe, was born in 1894. Very good condition. Ref. no. 34 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Captain John William Dorville and Mrs. Dorville,
two carte de visite sized photographs mounted on album card. Annotated
in ink 'Captain Dorville R.N.' and 'Mrs. Dorville'). John William Dorville
(1815-1894) became a Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy. He married Elizabeth
Addenbrooke (c.1830-1904) in 1864. Remnants of parts of other photos (not
of the Dorvilles) where a vandal badly clipped the Dorvilles out of the
original album). Very good conditon. Ref. no. 35 |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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Lieut. James William Graves, a carte de visite Cdv
by Robinson & Sons of Dublin. Inscribed in ink on reverse ‘To
Jane Graham with ? Grave's fondest love. Cape Coast Castle, West Coast
Africa, 26th July 75'. Also noted in pencil on the reverse are the words
‘1st man shot in the Ashanti War'. The name on the autograph looks
like it could read 'Harry' but this man must surely be Lieut. James William
Graves who was in the 18th Royal Irish Regiment. In Hart's Army List for
1875 it is noted ‘Lieut. Graves accompanied Sir Garnet Wolseley to
the Gold Coast in September 1873 on special service, and served throughout
the Ashanti War of 1873-74. Commanded a portion of the Essaman and taking
of the villages along the Coast; present at Quarman 31st January, having
been attacked while escorting ammunition to the front; also present at
the capture and destruction of Becquah, battle of Ordahsu and capture
of Coomassie (twice mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp). In a newspaper
article titled ‘The Ashantee Expedition' in 1873 it mentions the
men with Garnet Wolseley as 'Lieuts Graves and Woodgate - all Special
Service Officers' and ‘The first shot was fired at Lieut. Graves,
and lodged in his gaiter'. A lttle foxed on edges, good condition. Ref.
no. 36 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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O'Neil and McCausland, a carte de visite of two
army officers by W. Porter of Fleetwood. A couple of small nicks to bottom
edge of photo, otherwise very good condition. Ref. no. 37 |
PRICE £30 $50 |
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Jesse and E.M. Foster, a carte de visite photograph
of brother and sister by R.B. Thorpe, 110 High Street, Rye. Annotated
in ink on reverse 'E.M. Foster & Jesse Foster' and in pencil 'age
about 8 10'. Some foxing to back of card, good condition. Ref. no. 38 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Sergeant Heap and Sergeant Butterworth of the Scots
Fusilier Guards, a carte de visite sized photographed mounted on album
card. As I bought this originally with other photos clearly from the same
album, and which were marked as being taken in Montreal, Canada in about
1862, this probably was too. The two soldiers are posed with their Canadian
snow shoes. Annotated in ink at the bottom 'Sergeant Heap, Sergeant Butterworth
Scots Fusilier Guards'. Has an odd crackling effect over the picture almost
like varnish so priced accordingly. Ref. no. 39 |
PRICE £30 $50 |
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Captain William Arthur Roberts, a wothlytype carte
de visite of Captain William Arthur Roberts of the Royal Horse Artillery
by the United Association of Photography. Identified in ink on front as
‘Captain Roberts R.H.A.' and ‘W.A. Roberts'. Lieut. W.A. Roberts
was in the Royal Artillery in 1868. He later became Chief Constable of
the Metropolitan Police. His daughter Edith Katherine Roberts married
Henry Cornwallis Pelham, the son of the 3rd Earl of Yarborough. Ref. no. 40 |
PRICE £45 $73 |
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Sir Joseph and Lady Maria Bazalgette, Charles Norman Bazalgette, Willoughby Bazalgette, three photographs of Joseph Bazalgette and two of his sons. 1. cabinet photo of Sir Joseph Bazalgette and his wife Maria Bazalgette by Byrne & co. of Richmond. It belonged to relative Matilda Annette Bazalgette (Mrs. Bicknell) and then her daughter Zoe Napier Bicknel (see next two items). An ink note on the back by Mrs. Bicknell reordering a copy ‘Only the gentleman's portrait, c/o Mrs. Bicknell, 11 Park School, Windsor, Berkshire'. 2. A carte de visite photograph of Charles Norman Bazalgette (1847-1888) as a barrister by Elliott & Fry. He married Ethel Mary and died young. 3. Cabinet photo of Willoughby Bazalgette (1857-1900) by Russell & Sons of Wimbledon. Possibly signed by him on the reverse in. He married in 1895 and also died young. Good condition. See the next two items for pictures from the same family. Ref. no. 41 |
PRICE £110 $180
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John Moore Napier, two carte de visite photographs
of John Moore Napier and his house by Ayles & Bonniwell of Trinity
House, Hastings. The first is a portrait of Napier standing by the door
of his house and is inscribed in ink on the reverse by his god-daughter
Zoe Napier Bicknell (see below) 'John Moore Napier, my godfather'. The
second shows Holly Bank, Napier's house in St. Leonards, and he, a gardener
and four other people (two of them children) can just about be glimpsed
in the garden; inscribed on the reverse in ink, 'Residence of J.M. Napier
Esq., Holly Bank, Hastings'. The carte of the house is faded. Very good
condition. Ref. no. 42 |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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Zoe Napier Bicknell, three carte de visites of Zoe
Napier Bicknell as a child by the Binographic Portrait Company, Bournemouth,
Elliott and Fry, and C. Hawkins of the Brighton School of Photography.
Zoe Matilda Napier Bicknell (1866-1947) was the daughter of Cecil Dermer
Bicknell and Matilda Annette Bazalgette. She married Alexander West in
1898 and died in the Hove area in 1947. Corners of card clipped on third
photo, foxing to the first photo, otherwise good condition. Ref. no. 43 |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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William Frederick Windham, a carte de visite photograph
by an unknown photographer and taken in about 1861. Windham was known
in the 1860s as Mad Windham and was heir to the Felbrigg Hall estate near
Norwich in Norfolk. Some fading, good conditon. Ref. no. 44 |
PRICE £30 $49 |
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Captain Alexander Peebles, three carte de visite photographs
of Alexander Peebles in uniform by the London School of Photography.
One of the photographs is autographed 'yrs truly Alexander Peebles,
Captain C. Battery L.A.B'. L.A.B. stands for London Artillery Brigade,
also known as the 1st London Artillery Corps. Peebles became captain
in 1869 and resigned his commission in 1872. Alexander Marshall Peebles
was born in Scotland (c.1840-1891), the son of Alexander Marshall Peebles
and Euphemia Peebles, and he grew up in Lambeth where his father was
a paper merchant. He became an architect and architect to the City of
London and married Emily Louisa Maclure in 1876. Good condition. |
PRICE £80 $130 |
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J. & T. Wright, a carte de visite photograph
by R. Oldham of Preston, Lancashire of a man and pressing machine. Ink
inscription on the reverse, ‘With J. & T. Wrights compliments,
Platt Bridge. New pressing machine.' The man is probably Mr. J. or Mr.
T. Wright. Thomas Wright was an engineer. Good condition. Ref. no. 46 |
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Lord Abinger, three carte de visite photographs
of Lord Abinger, two by E.J. Palmer of Toronto and one by Southwell Brothers
of London. The first is of him and his wife Lady Abinger, the second him
alone, and the third is of Lord and Lady Abinger and Mrs. Hayward. Mrs.
Hayward looks very like Lady Abinger and so it is likely they are sisters.
The Southwell Brothers picture once belonged to Mr. Stevenson in Montreal
in 1864. Good condition. Ref. no. 47 |
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George Langton Hodgkinson, a photograph of George
Langton Hodgkinson (1837-1915), taken in 1857 when he was a student at
Pembroke College, Oxford. He was a talented cricketer, and while a vicar
was the founder of Gainsborough Trinity Football Club in Lincolnshire.
Mounted on old album paper. Good condition. Ref. no. 48 |
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John Eden Duncombe Shafto and Robert Charles Eden,
a photograph of John Eden Duncombe Shafto (c.1836-1882) and Robert Charles
Eden (1836-1907), taken in 1857 when they were students at Christ Church
and Oriel College, Oxford. Shafto became a barrister. Eden joined the
American army, fought in the Civil War and achieved the rank of Colonel;
he died in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Mounted on old album paper. For another
photo of Eden see below. Good condition. Ref. no. 49 |
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Pownoll William Phipps and Robert Charles Eden,
a photograph of Pownoll William Phipps (c.1836-1903) and Robert Charles
Eden (1836-1907), taken when they were students at Pembroke College and
Oriel College, Oxford in 1857. The photograph is of a rowing crew team,
and of the five men only Phipps and Eden are identified. Bow, Stroke and
Coxswain are listed. Phipps became a vicar and Eden went to America. Mounted
on old album paper. Faded and a few marks, but good condition. Ref. no. 50 |
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William More Molyneux, a photograph of William More
Molyneux (c.1835-1907), taken when he was a student at Pembroke College,
Oxford in 1857. Mounted on old album paper. Good condition. Ref. no. 51 |
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Alfred James Coleridge, a photograph of the Reverend
Alfred James Coleridge (c.1832-1880), taken when he was a student at Oxford
in 1857. He became a vicar in Bedfordshire. Mounted on old album paper.
Good condition. Ref. no. 52 |
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Charles Paine Paul, a photograph of Charles Paine
Pauli (1836-1897) taken when he was at student at Pembroke College, Oxford
in 1857. He was a friend of the author Samuel Butler and became a barrister.
Probably signed by Pauli. Mounted on old album paper, tear to the paper
edge, photo fine. Good condition. Ref. no. 53 |
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T.B. Hardy, two cabinet card photographs of the
Victorian seascape and marine artist Thomas Bush Hardy (1842-1897). The
first shows him as a young man in a suit of armour, and was taken by Rowland
Taylor, identified in old pencil on the reverse 'T.B. Hardy artist'; the
second shows him when he is much older and is by Disderi of London - identified
in old pencil on reverse 'T.B. Hardy' and a different hand in pencil 'seascapes
ex. 1870-1893'. Some pencil retouching to the hair on the second picture.
Some aging, good condition. Ref. no. 54 |
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Pauline Makins, a cabinet photograph of Pauline
Makins as a child dressed in a fairy costume by G. and R. Lavis of Eastbourne,
and a large mezzo tint photograph (probably taken at the time of her wedding)
by Lafayette. Pauline Makins (1879-1956) was the daughter of barrister
Henry Francis Makins and Kezia Elizabeth Makins Hunt. She married Nigel
Christopher Walsh (1867-1904), the son of Arthur Walsh, the 2nd Baron
Ormathwaite in 1904. The cabinet photo is faded. Unfortunately, when I
bought these a few years ago, the person I bought the photos from packed
them badly and the Lafayette photo was creased down the middle; also included
with the pair is a Lafayette matching portrait which I believe to be Pauline's
husband - this was very badly creased and damaged in the post when it
was originally sent to me. Ref. no. 55 |
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Lieutenant. Colonel H. Armytage, a photograph of
Henry Armytage possibly by Colonel de Ros, and taken in about 1859 or
1860. Colonel Henry Armytage (1828-1901) of the Coldstream Guards was
the son of Colonel Henry Armytage and Charlotte Le Gendre Starkie. He
married Fenella FitzHardinge Berkeley in 1851. Armytage served in the
Crimean War at the Battles of the Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman and Sebastapol;
as well as medal and clasps, he was awarded 5th class of the Medjidie
and the Legion of Honour. Good condition. Ref. no. 56 |
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John Hunter Blair and Edward Fane, album page with
carte de visite sized photographs of John Hunter Blair of the Madras Civil
Service and Edward Fane of the Madras Civil Service, with a large picture
of their race horse in India. As racehorse owners the two men were known
as 'The Templars'. John Hunter Blair (1825-1885) was born in Scotland
and was the son of Sir David Hunter Blair; he married Emily Williams Grant.
Part of the caption to the racing picture reads, 'Won at Bangalore Races
July 1869. Rajah of Mysore's Cup' and identifies the jockey as an Australian
called Tyrrell. Edward George Robert Fane ((1819-1891) was the son of
the Reverend Edward Fane and his wife Maria Hodges; he was a collector
of taxes and magistrate in Madras in the 1860s. On the reverse are photos
of five unidentified people. Some fading, good condition. Ref. no. 57 |
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Sim Family, A montage of photographs taken from carte de visites
showing the Sim brothers and sister. The Sim family were the sons and
daughter of John Coysgarne Sim (c.1810-1876), a wood broker and his
wife Harriet. The pictures show: John Lambert Sim (c.1837-1893)
who married Helena Josephine Walden; Edward Coysgarne Sim (c.1838-1900),
who joined the Royal Engineers and served abroad for many years, rising
to the rank of Major General (He and his wife Alice Frances H. Sim (c.1846-1909)
had three children, Alice M. Sim, Arthur C. Sim, and Edward H. Sim),
as E.C. Sim he wrote two books, Our Travels Round the World (1897)
and Our Narrative ( 1899); Louisa Elizabeth Sim (1842-?),
who married William Hepburn Rennie, the Governor of St. Vincent (after
his death she moved to Hastings in Sussex with her children Mary, Katherine
and Alice); Charles A. Sim (c.1840-1897), who became a Major
General in the army; Frederick William Sim (1847-?) who became
a barrister; Arthur James Sim (1849-?) |
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Le Havre May 1874, a group of British militia soldiers
in Le Havre. They are from different regiments and militias and some have
medals and guns. Pencil annotations identify some of the men as: Shaw
of the London Scottish Regiment, Clapham of Essex, Hart of Lincoln, E.
Langer President of the Havre Shooting Club, Colonel Gourley M.P. (this
is Edward Temperley Gourley (1826-1902), who was the M.P. for Sunderland
and a Colonel in the 1st Durham Militia), Alderman Gould (there was a
Frederick Gould who was an alderman and mayor in Kingston, Surrey), Captain
Story and W.A. Rowe. On the reverse is a very attractive street scene
of shops in Caen, Normandy. Good condition. Ref. no. 59 |
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Bell Family, five photographs of Joseph James Bell,
his wife Ellen Bell and their children Horace James Bell and Ruby Bell. 1. A group portrait of Ellen Bell, Horace Bell (1896-1974), Ruby Bell and Joseph James Bell, circa 1899. 2. Ruby Bell (1893-1983) in 1897 age 4. She was born in Lancashire in 1893. Ruby may have been adopted as her mother was called Mrs or Miss Dixon, although her birth was registered as Ruby Bell in 1893. After Ruby's marriage to Robert C. Hayward in 1917 she was Ruby Hayward and an inscription on the reverse indicates she was the mother of David Hayward (David R. Hayward born 1921) and John Hayward (John M Hayward born 1924). This is a trimmed cabinet photo by H. Dowden, Parkside Studio, Bootle. 3. Joseph James Bell (c.1865-c.1924). Trimmed cabinet photo. He was the son of Bootle hotel proprietor Thomas Bell. He married Ellen Neale in 1891. In 1901 he was working as a cycle agent. He died in the Liverpool area. 4. Inscribed as Ruby's mother Miss Dixon taken on 2/1/1888 by Mr. H.S. Mendelssohn's Studios, 14 Pembridge Crescent, Notting Hill. Rather faded. Ref. no. 60 |
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Henry Merceron and Family of Bethnal Green, 13 photographs
taken in the 1850s and 1860s. They once belonged to his daugher Ann Merceron
(c.1831), later Ann Burton: 1. Large full-page portrait of Henry Merceron (c.1793-1864) on album page with inscription ‘My dear Ann, Your affectionate father H. Merceron. Solicitor.' 2. Large full-page portrait of Henry's wife Matilda Merceron (c.1803-1876) on album page and inscription ‘your affectionate mother Matilda Merceron'. 3. Full album page of the family home, Durham House, in Bethnal Green. 4. Another photo page with Durham House 5. The photo page with back of Durham House. ‘My old Home. A.B.' 6. Carte de visite sized photo of daughter Mary Ann Bird Merceron (c.1845-) in silk dress. 7. Carte de visite sized photo of daughter Mary Ann Bird Merceron in riding habit. 8. Carte de visite sized photo of Matilda Merceron. ‘Matilda, wife of Henry Merceron Esq. J.P. D.L.' 9. Carte de visite sized photo of M.A. Bird, sister of Matilda. ‘Aunt M.A. Bird.' 10. Carte de visite sized photo of Henry & Matilda's son Henry Merceron Junr. (1838-1905) 11. Carte de visite sized photo of Henry Merceron Junr (1838-1905) as sergeant in rifle volunteer uniform 12. Carte de visite sized photo of Elizabeth Merceron (1834-1875). 13. Large photo of the grave of Elizabeth Merceron. All in good conditon. Ref. no. 61 |
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Rowland Henry Rawlinson and Frederick Haswell Rawlinson,
a carte de visite photograph of twin brothers by Charles P. Richards of
Dragley Beck Lane, Ulverston. Ink inscription on reverse ‘Roland
Henry and Frederick Haswell Rawlinson aged 2 yrs & 2 months 18th October
1891'. The Rawlinson twins were born in Hackney in 1889, the sons of William
Henry Rawlinson and Charlotte Rawlinson. Good condition. Ref. no. 62 |
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Lady Louisa Isabella Harriet Feilding and General Sir
Percy Robert Basil Feilding, two carte de visites by Ferdinand Joubert.
Percy Robert Basil Feilding (1827-1904) married Louisa Isabella Harriet
Thynne in 1862. He was the son of Sir William Basil Percy, the 7th Earl
of Denbigh, and Lady Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton. Sir Percy and Lady
Louisa's daughter Margaret Agnes Feilding married Walter Edward Davidson
in 1907. Feilding became an ensign in the Coldstream Guards in 1845. During
the Crimean War he was Brigade Major at the Battle of the Alma and was
badly wounded at Inkerman, and also saw service at Balaklava and Sebastopol.
Both pictures are faded and the edges of Lady Louisa Feilding have been
trimmed. Ref. no. 63 |
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Walter Lewes Pitt, a carte de visite photograph
of Walter Lewes Pitt (c.1843-1914) of the 55th Regiment by Howard, Bourne
and Shepherd of Simla, India. He was the son of William Gregson Pitt and
Charlotte Spooner. He married Arabella Charlotte Moysey, the daughter
of Frederick Luttrel Moysey, in 1871 and their daughters Charlotte Annie
Lilian Pitt and Muriel Evelyn Pitt were born in 1872 and 1878. The family
lived in Eastbourne. Good condition. Ref. no. 64 |
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John Barrett-Lennard, a cabinet photograph by W.
and A.H. Fry of Brighton. This was probably the same John Barrett-Lennard
who was the Reverend John Barrett-Lennard (1839-1898), a clergyman in
Crawley. A few age marks, good condition. Ref. no. 65 |
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William Howard Aymer Vallance and James Harcourt Aymer
Vallance and Thomas William Vallance, two carte de visite photographs.
The first is by Lambert Weston & Son of Folkestone and Dover and shows
William Howard Aymer Vallance and James Harcourt Aymer Vallance aged three
and four. William Howard Aymer Vallance (1862-1943) was known as Aymer
Vallance and became a well known artist and designer of the late Victorian
period and was a follower of William Morris. James Harcourt Aymer Vallance
(1863-1941) married Bertha Marie Knight and became a brewer in Kent. The
second carte de visite is of a military looking gentleman identified as
Mr. Vallance and is by Telfer of London; this is almost certainly the
father of the boys: Thomas William Vallance (1829-1902), who was in London
at about the time the photo was taken and was a captain in the 5th Lancers;
he married Catherine Richardson Cox. Good condition. Ref. no. 66 |
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William Rawlins Capel, a carte de visite photograph
of the Reverend Rawlins Capel (1828-1904) by E. Flukes of Bath.Capel was
born in London and was the son of engineer and iron founder James Durnford
Capel and Mary Ann Capel. Good condition. Ref. no. 67 |
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Herbert Frederick Gye, a carte de visite by unknown
photographer of Herbert Frederick Gye (1844-1906). Gye was born in Lambeth,
the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Gye. His father Frederick Gye (1810-1878)
was the manager of the Royal Opera House. Herbert Gye grew up in Kennington
and joined the Navy and served on the Black Prince in 1865, the time this
picture was taken. He eventually became a commander. He married Adelaide
Fanny Hood in 1879. Good condition. Ref. no. 68 |
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Daniel Maude, a carte de visite photograph of Daniel
Maude (c.1801-1874) by James Mudd of Manchester. Daniel Maude was born
in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was the son of Francis Maude. He was a barrister,
who was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1829 and was later a magistrate
in Manchester and Greenwich. He was married to Marianne, the daughter
of John Branson and the widow of John Bright, and by his marriage to her
was the stepfather of historian and canon of Christ Church, Oxford William
Bright (1824-1901). In 1861 he was living at 6 Blackheath Park in Kidbrooke,
London. Comes with a clipped signature from a letter 'D. Maude', presumably
in Maude's handwriting. Good condition. Ref. no. 69 |
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Joseph John Elliott Family, a carte de visite photograph
of the family of Joseph John Elliott (1835-1903) who was a photographer
with Clarence Edmund Fry, forming the company Elliott and Fry. The photograph
shows three of Joseph and Lucy Elizabeth Elliott's children with their
two nurses: Lucy Caroline Elliott (born 1866), Mary Stuart Elliott (born
1871), Hubert John Elliott (c.1867-1955), Emily Elliott (nurse) and Fanny
(later Mrs Stringer, the under nurse). They are identified on the reverse
of the photograph and it says the photo was taken at Underhill, Chipping
Barnet in about 1871. There is no photographer backstamp on the reverse,
and presumably Elliott took it himself as a family photograph. Good condition. Ref. no. 70 |
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Evangeline Elizabeth McCalmont, a carte de visite
photograph of Evangeline Elizabeth McCalmont by Adams & Stilliard
of Southampton, taken in March 1872. Eva McCalmont was born in Highfield,
Hampshire, the daughter of Thomas McCalmont (1809-1872) and Emily Georgina
Hill McCalmont (1826-1912). Her father was the vicar in Highfield. She
later lived with her mother, sister Florence and brother-in-law Alexander
J. Corse Scott at Uplands House, South Stoneham, Portswood. A little age
speckling, but good condition. Ref. no. 71 |
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Ethel Laura Edge, a carte de visite of Ethel Laura
Edge by Ward and Downey of London. Ethel Laura Edge (1869-1934) was book
in Ballickmoyler & Newtown, Queens, Ireland and she was the daughter
of barrister John Edge and Laura Loughborough. She married Lieutenant
Colonel Stuart George Knox and had children called Stuart George Edge
Inman Knox and John Knox. Good condition. Ref. no. 72 |
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General William Jervois, a carte de visite of General
Sir William Jervois (1782-1862) by J. Perkins of Bath. William Jervois
was the Lieutenant General of Hong Kong (1851-54), and had been Colonel
of the 76th Regiment. He saw action in the Pensinsular War. He was married
to Elizabeth Maitland and was the father of Sir William Francis Drummond
Jervois (1821-1897). Good condition. Ref. no. 73 |
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Biddell Family, three carte de visite photographs of the Biddell family of Lavenham, Suffolk. William Biddell by J.W. Clarke of Bury St. Edmunds, Bertha Biddell age 3 by J.R. Sawyer's Italian Studios of Norwich and Great Yarmouth, and Percy Biddell age 6 by J.R. Sawyer. William Biddell (c.1825-1900) was born in Playford, Suffolk and was the son Playford farmer Arthur Biddell and Jane Biddell; his cousin was the astronomer George Biddell Airy. He married Ellen Blencowe (c.1833-1867), who was the mother of his children, in 1857, and after her death he married Mary Ann Scott. He was a farmer at Lavenham Hall, Lavenham where he lived with his wife Mary Ann and children Percy and Bertha. He became a member of Parliament. Percy Biddell (1864-1892) became a solicitor. Bertha Biddell (1867-c.1954) married clergyman Henry Taylor in 1900; she had daughters called Bertha Mary Taylor, Hilda Biddell Taylor, Ruth Biddell Taylor and Elisabeth Biddell Taylor. Good condition. Ref. no. 74 |
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Arthur Blencowe Biddell, a carte de visite photograph
of Arthur Blencowe Biddell (1856-1923), taken June 1865, aged 8½,
by William Cobb of Ipswich. Arthur Biddell was a cousin of the Biddells
in no.74. He was the son of Manfred Biddell and Sarah Lucy Blencowe of
Playford, Suffolk where his father was a farmer at Lux Farm. Arthur later
lived in Crescent Road, Ipswich with his brother John Lyall Biddell, who
was a photographer. Some fading and marks to picture, otherwise good. Ref. no. 75 |
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Harvey Winson Fellows, a cabinet photo of Harvey Winson Fellows by Dickinsons of London. Harvey Winson Fellows (1826-1907) was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire and was the son of Thomas and Mary Fellows. Fellows was a solicitor and lived at Mill End House, Rickmansworth. He was also a well known amateur cricketer, as was his brother Walter Fellows. He married Harriet Coupland Murray in 1852 and had children called Emily Margaret Fellows (born 1853, she married a colonel in the Indian Army, George Atkins, in 1873 and had children called George James Murray Atkins, Emily Mabel Murray Atkins and Gladys Marguerite Murray Atkins) and Caroline Peters Fellows (born 1855). Identified in pencil on reverse as ‘Harvey Fellows' and in another pencilled hand ‘cricketer'. Some fading, bottom area of white card trimmed. Good condition. Ref. no. 76 |
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Maxwell Nicholson, a carte de visite photograph
of the Reverend Maxwell Nicholson (c.1819-1874) by John Moffat of Edinburgh.
Maxwell Nicholson was born in Whithorn, Wigtownshire in Scotland and was
the minister of St. Stephen's parish in Edinburgh. He was married to Frances
Isabella Oliphant and their children were Stuart Oliphant Nicholson, Mary
Nicholson, Francis Marcus Nicholson, Margaret Nicholson and Ann Helen
Nicholson. Good condition. Ref. no. 77 |
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Walter Frank Corbett and Corbett, two carte de visites:
Walter Frank Corbett age 6 years old 1869 by H. Howle of Newport, Salop
and a man by Maull & Polyblank of London. The man has In pencil on
reverse ‘Mrs. Corbett', which may mean this was Mr. Corbett and the
boy's father or that it was a picture of the friend and given to the Corbett
family. Good condition. Ref. no. 78 |
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Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser, a carte de visite
photograph of Admiral Henry Bury Palliser (c.1839-1907) by Bassano of
London. Palliser was from a naval family and was the son of Richard Bury
Palliser and Fanny Marryat. He married Beatrice Emelia Astell, the daughter
of Major Charles Edward Thornton Astell and Harriette Dare Spaight, in
1878 and served as Commander of the Pacific Station in the 1890s. Some
fading and aging and top and bottom edges of card area trimmed). Ref. no. 79 |
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Lanyon Family, six carte de visite photographs of the Lanyon family: 1. Hannah Lanyon by Constable of Brighton. Hannah Hyde (1843-1929) was born in Windsor, Berkshire and grew up in London. She was the daughter of Edward Hyde and Emma Hyde of Park Place, Paddington and later 23 Alfred Place West, Thurloe Square, and she had a brother called John Edward Hyde. Her father was an Inland Revenue inspector. Hannah Hyde married John Lanyon in Kensington in 1863. 2. John Lanyon and Hannah Lanyon by M. Allen & Company of Dublin. John Lanyon (1839-1900) was the son of Elizabeth Helen Lanyon (nee Owen) and the architect Sir Charles Lanyon of The Abbey, White Abbey, County Antrim. The family had strong associations to Belfast, where Charles Lanyon designed many important buildings. 3. Elizabeth Catherine Hermione Hyde by Cecil W. Wood, Brompton Photographic Studio, London. Captioned in pencil on the reverse 'Granny Hyde', this must be Edward Hyde's second wife (his first wife Emma, the mother of Hannah was already dead by 1851) Elizabeth Catherine Hermione Brooksbank (1820-1915), the daughter of Thomas Constantine Brooksbank and Elizabeth Brooksbank, who married Edward Hyde in 1865. 4. Elizabeth Hyde Lanyon by Lambert Weston and Son of Dover Folkestone. Born in Dublin in 1866, she married Michael Seymour Dudley Westropp (1868-1954) in 1902. 5. Emma Hyde Lanyon (1864-1940) by Lambert Weston and Son. Emma Lanyon was born in Dublin and married Ferdinand Mansel Peacock in Belfast in 1899. 6. Emma Hyde Lanyon in 1867 by W.E. Debenham of London. The blank card edges have been trimmed on each picture, otherwise good condition. Ref. no. 80 |
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Frazer Smith Crawford, a cabinet photograph by Hammer
and Co. of Adelaide, Australia. Frazer Smith Crawford (c.1829-1890) was
born in Stratford on Avon, the son of John and Frances Crawford. He worked
for the government in the Surveyor General's Office in Australia and was
the author and photo-lithographer for several publications. He died in
Norwood, Australia, leaving some of his estate to a relative in England
called Harriett Frances Crawford. Fading and a few marks. Ref. no. 81 |
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David Mitchell Aird, a carte de visite of barrister, printer and author David Mitchell Aird by John Watkins of London. David Mitchell Aird (c.1812-1876) was born in Glasgow and was the son of John Aird and Marjery Mitchell. He and his father later moved to London and David Mitchell Aird became a master printer. He married Eliza Rew in 1845. In 1858 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and had his chambers in Pump Court, while still retaining his printing business with his wife, and he also graduated from Oxford University. He died in London in 1876. He and Eliza had one son called David Alfred Aird (1849-1893), who also became a barrister and married Ellen Eliza Darling in 1876; their children were David Alfred Mcgregor Aird (1879-1969), Alexander Philip Mcgregor Aird (1880-1956) and Reginald James Mitchell Aird (1890-1960). Some aging & ink marks to picture. Inscription on the reverse in ink includes the words ‘This is my keepsake (?) of father's (?) brother (?) - put it with care in your album'. Ref. no. 82 |
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Emily Lacey Sharman, a carte de visite photograph
of Emily Lacey Sharman (1863-1893), taken in July 1866 by Silas Eastham
of Southport and Manchester. Emily Sharman was born in Halifax, Yorkshire
and was the daughter of William Sharman and his wife Emily. Her father
was a master worsted spinner. She grew up in Halifax and later lived in
Ormskirk in Lancashire. She married bank clerk Rowland Evans Ellis (1862-1930),
the son of merchant John Ellis, in Bradford in 1887. They had a son called
Vaughan Sharman Ellis (1888-1973). Some mottled aging to picture. Ref. no. 83 |
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Charlotte Maxwell Heron, a Wothlytype carte de visite
photograph of Charlotte Maxwell Heron (c.1815-1886) by the United Association
of Photography of London. It was taken in September 1871. Born Charlotte
Frances Burgoyne, she was the daughter of Captain Frederick William Burgoyne
of the Royal Navy. She married Michael Maxwell Heron, the son of Sir John
Shaw Heron Maxwell Heron, a Captain in the 87th Fusiliers who became the
vicar of Heddon in Northumberland. Her children were John Maxwell-Heron
(1836-1899), Frederick William Burgoyne Heron Maxwell-Heron (1838-1918),
Harriet Maxwell-Heron (c.1836-1925) and Stuart Mary Maxwell-Heron (1840_?).
Some age mottling to background, otherwise good condition. Ref. no. 84 |
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William Stewart Irvine, a carte de visite photograph
by Lafosse of Manchester. Ink inscription on reverse ‘W.S. Irvine,
M.D., FRCSE 1877). Dr. William Stewart Irvine (1812-1893) was a respected
doctor in Scotland and was born in Little Dunkeld, Perthshire. He lived
in a house called Craigatin in Pitlochry. The Irvine Memorial Nursing
Home was built in his honour. His wife was Sarah Margaret Stewart Irvine
and his children were Jessie Marion Stewart Irvine (married Frederick
Preston Lees, son of James Lees of Manchester), Alexander Stewart Irvine,
Henry Stewart Irvine, Margaret Eliza Stewart Irvine and William Stewart
Irvine. Good condition. Ref. no. 85 |
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Maximilian Dudley Digges Dalison, a carte de visite
by J. Weston and Son of Folkestone. Maximilian Dalison (1852-1885) was
the son of Maximilian Hammond Dalison and Matilda Alexander. He was a
captain in the Scots Guards when he was killed 'gallantly leading his
men' at the Battle of Hasheen near Suakin in the Sudan in 1885. He married
Charlotte Grace Beresford-Peirse and had children called Joan Mary Dalison
and Maximilian Dudley Peirce Dalison. His daughter Joan married Alexander
William Keown-Boyd. An ink inscription on the reverse refers to the date
of his death in the Sudan and the young children he left behind. Some
aging and fading to the image, the face being paler than the rest. Ref. no. 86 |
PRICE £35 $58 |
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Edward Sabine Tait, Charles James Tait and Henry Brewer Tait, three carte de visite photographs of the Tait brothers as children: 1. taken in 1865by A. & E. Seeley of Islington Green, London. Identified in ink on the front and ownership signature of Fanny Henderson on the reverse. 2. by R. & J.W. Brunskill of Sedbergh and Bowness-Windermere. Identified in ink on the front. 3. by Mayall, 91 King's Road, Brighton, identified in ink on back and initialled F.H. The boys were the sons of Doctor Edward Wilmshurst Tait (1829-1903) and Miriam Jemima Sabine (1829-1862). Edward Sabine Tait (1856-1939) married Frances Emily Willett, the daughter of engineer Thomas William Willett, and became a surgeon; Charles James Tait (1858-1930) married Ethel Vaughan Willett and became an architect; Henry Brewer Tait (1859-1935) married Beatrice Brend Batten and became a surgeon. Some aging and marks but fairly good for age. Ref. no. 87 |
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Edward Christopher Tyrell Hawker, a cabinet photo of Edward Christopher Tyrell Hawker (1858-1887) by John Edwards of London. He was born in Chelsea and was the son of Edward James Hawker and Margaret Jane Rennie of 37 Cadogan Place. His grandfather was Admiral Edward Hawker of Ashford Lodge, Petersfield. He became a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers and in 1881 was at the School of Military Engineering in Chatham. He was also a keen amateur photographer. Inscribed in ink on reverse ‘E.C. Tyrell Hawker Lieutenant Royal Engineers Taken in June 1886' and in a later hand the words ‘Top Middle Round'. Old marks on blank area of reverse from where it was probably removed from a frame or album. Good condition. Ref. no. 88 |
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Wyndham Family and the Newman Family, and Yeatman, Dene, Suckling and Noyes, cabinet card photograph dating from the 1870s by Elliott and Fry of London showing a montage of photographs of: (1.) Mabel Wyndham (Eleanor Mabel Newman, 1864-1934, the daughter of the Reverend John Wyndham and Paulina Margaretta Lewis of Sutton Mandeville in Wiltshire). (2.) Frances E. Newman (Frances Elizabeth Newman 1856-1882; she was the daughter of William James Newman and Caroline Newman of Hockworthy, Devon). (3.) Amy Wyndham (Amy Paulina Wyndham, 1865-1922, the daughter of the Reverend John Wyndham and Paulina Margaretta Wyndham of Sutton Mandeville in Wiltshire). (4.) Anna Wyndham, (1845-1933, the daughter of the Reverend John Wyndham and Mary Wapshare of Sutton Mandeville in Wiltshire, she married George Allen Vander-Meulen). (5.) Caroline D. Newman (Caroline Durnford Newman, 1843-1883, daughter of William James Newman and Caroline Newman). (6.) Herbert R. Newman (Herbert Roope Newman, 1848-1891, the son of William James Newman and Caroline Newman). (7.) William Frederick Newman (Reverend William Frederick Newman, 1845-1920, son of William James Newman and Caroline Newman, he married Frances Emma Wyndham). (8.) Frances Emma Newman (1847-1933, before her marriage she was Frances Emma Wyndham; she was the daughter of the Reverend John Wyndham and Mary Wapshare of Sutton Mandeville in Wiltshire). (9.) John Dene (probably Reverend John Dene, c.1846-1922, rector of Horwood in Devon, the son of Arthur and Frances C. Dene, married Katharine Twysden Molesworth). 10. Huyshe W. Yeatman (Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman, later known as Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs, 1845-1922, he was the son of Harry Farr Yeatman and Emma Biggs; he married Lady Barbara Legge and became the Bishop of Coventry). (11.) Alice Mary Wyndham, (born 1846, the daughter of the Reverend John Wyndham and Mary Wapshare, she married Philip Percy Wright in Australia). (12.) Florence Horatia Suckling (Florence Horatia Nelson Suckling 1848-1923, the daughter of Real Admiral William Benjamin Suckling and Caroline Suckling, she married Captain Thomas Sucking of the Royal Navy). (13.) Harry Noyes. Good condition. Ref. no. 89 |
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Dadabhai Naoroji, a cabinet photograph of Dadabhai
Naoroji (1825-1917) by Franz Baum of London and Manchester. Naoroji was
born in India and became the first Asian M.P. in Britain in 1892 when
he became the Liberal Party member of Parliament for Finsbury Central.
Good condition. Ref. no. 90 |
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George Robert Gleig, a carte de visite photograph of the Reverend George Robert Gleig by John Douglas of Glasgow. Identified in pencil on the front as 'G.R. Gleig'. George Gleig (1796-1888) was born in Scotland and was the son of Bishop George Gleig of Stirling, Scotland. He was a clergyman man and soldier and saw action in the Peninsular Wars and the War of 1812 in America. He was the author of a number of novels and military themed books, including a book about Chelsea Hospital, a biography of Warren Hastings and a biography of the Duke of Wellington. In the 1830s he was chaplain-general of the army and inspector general of the military schools. He was married to Sarah Cameron and his many children included Robert Ogilvie Rose Gleig, De Lacy Mcdougal Gleig, James Hope Wilson Gleig, Henry Lockhart Gleig, Mary Elizabeth Gleig, Alice Anetta Gleig and Colonel Alexander Cameron Gleig of the Royal Artillery. Some fading to image and pale on the face. Ref. no. 91 |
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Mr. Hayward and Wyatt Hayward, two carte de visite
photographs. The first is by Robert Hayward of Finchley and is identified
as 'Mr. Hayward' in pencil on reverse - this is likely to be a self-portrait
of the photographer Robert Hayward. The second carte is of Wyatt
Hayward as a little boy in a Scottish style outfit and is identified
in pencil on the reverse in the same hand as 'Wyatt Hayward' and, although
it has no photographer backstamp, was probably taken by his father Robert
Hayward. Robert Hayward (c.1835-1903) was born in Brighton and was the
son of Deborah King Hayward; he married Susannah and in 1871 he was a
photographer at Strawberry Vale in Finchley, living at Strawberry Vale.
He worked as a photographer into the 1890s. His children were Wyatt, Frank,
Percy, Ernest, Sydney, Stanley Marcus Hayward and Leslie. Wyatt Hayward
(1864-1954) began his career as a photographer by working as his father's
assistant. He married Eliza Baptista Woodman in 1887 and in 1891 was working
as a photographer in Barnet; he had children called Wyatt Hayward, Winifred
Dorothy Hayward, Cecil Hayward and Marjorie Joyce Hayward. Ref. no. 92 |
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Robert Collier Driver, a carte de visite of Robert Collier Driver taken when he was seventy years old by Messrs Holroyd of Harrogate. Autographed in ink on the reverse ‘Robt. C. Driver, aeat 70 years 28th Augt 1886'. Robert Collier Driver (1816-1886) was born in London and was the son of Ann and Charles Burrell Driver. His father was a businessman and Robert became a very successful and wealthy land agent, surveyor and auctioneer. He married Maria Robson in 1852 and they had children called Charles William Driver (married Florence Kingdon and had children called Arthur Charles Driver, Agatha Mary Driver, Dorothy May Driver and Bernard Henry Driver), Maria Robson Driver (married Henry Jonas, a surveyor and auctioneer and had sons called Harold Driver Jonas and Robert Collier Jonas), Robert Manning Driver (married Georgiana Elizabeth Emma Philipps, the daughter of Griffith Grismond Philipps) and James Hutchinson Driver. Good condition. Ref. no. 93 |
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Stevenson family of Balladoole, Isle of Man: three
handwritten sheets of genealogy and thirteen folders, each folder with
a photographic portrait reproduced from a miniature portrait, painting
or daguerreotype with handwritten notes on each subject. The folders were
compiled in the early 1900s by one of the daughters of Mrs. Anna Maria
Hunt, the daughter married the Reverend W. Fisher, M.A., and she gave
them to one of her children; she borrowed the original miniatures etc
from a cousin Arthur who was a Rector in Norfolk. The folders contain: 1. Richard Stevenson. From old painting. Died 1742. From Ireland. Married Alice Waters, daughter of CaptainWaters. 'Your great great great great grandmother'. 2. Colonel George Stevenson. Brother of Major Richard Stevenson. Deputy Lieut Governor Isle of Mann. 3. Captain Frederick Stevenson. ‘From the ivory miniature. Brother of Charlotte Stevenson and of Margaret Christian Stevenson and of Richard Ambrose Stevenson. Their father and mother were Richard Ambrose Stevenson and Margery Frissel Fraser (of Lord Lovett's family). Frederick was killed in action. Charlotte Stevenson who married Captain Thomas Woods was co-heiress of Balladoole....' 4. Charlotte Stevenson. Married Captain Thomas Woods, R.N. Co-heiress with Margaret. ‘Her children were George Augustus Woods (your gt grandfather), Maria Isabella (my godmother Mrs. Call), Charlotte (who married Mr. Simtoo (?) Nephew of Lord Sheffield). 5. Captain Thomas Woods, R.N. 'Your gt gt grandfather, who married Charlotte Stevenson, heiress. Distinction in naval battles.' 6. Margaret Christian Stevenson, from ivory miniature. ‘Only sister and co-heiress with Charlotte Stevenson, married Captain John Quilliam (note: of Battle of Trafalgar fame). 7. Captain John Quilliam, Royal Navy, married Margaret Christian Stevenson. Monument inscription transcribed and details about Lord Nelson. Quilliam was Nelson's first lieutenant at the Battle of Trafalgar on the HMS Victory. The portrait is a copy of a miniature. 8. Colonel John Stevenson of the Guards. Taken from ivory miniature. Son of John Stevenson who was President of the Manx Parliament, Speaker of the House of Keys, and his wife who was Jane Stevenson, daughter of John Senhouse.' Property Ashley Park, Walton on Thames, and on his death became the property of his sisters - Jane, Dorothy and Elizabeth Stevenson, and after their death passed to Sir Henry Hitchins's family, cousins. 9. A miniature of ‘Maria Isabella Woods, aged 18, daughter of Charlotte Stevenson and Captain Thomas Woods. She married Colonel J (?) F. (?) Call.' Personally, I think not the same as the other picture, as too early.' 10. A painting of Maria Isabella Woods, c.1830. ‘Later painting of Maria Isabella Woods (Mrs. Call). Maria Col Call - She was my godmother.' 11. George Augustus Woods, 'your gt grandfather. He married Anna Maria Coney. Their children were Charlotte Isabella (married ? Collins), William Baring (later William Baring Stevenson), Anna Maria (my mother, your gt grandmother), Thomas, Frederick, Augustus, Caroline Margaret and Rosa (latter two later the Misses Woods at Melton Grange, Malvern).' Portrait seems to be copied from a daguerreotype. 12. Anna Maria Wykeham, daughter of Rev. Thomas Wykeham of Hossington (?). She married Canon William Coney, Fellow of Oriel College Oxford, your gt gt grandfather. 13. Major Bicknell Coney, 4th Light Dragoons and 17th Lancers, son of Canon William Coney and Anna Maria Wykeham. (Picture appears to be copied from a daguerreotype) Good condition. Three of the folders are illustrated. Ref. no. 94 |
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Freddie Guthrie Tait, original pen and ink drawing,
a portrait on card, of golfer Freddie Guthrie Tait (1870-1890) by M.C.
Veitel (could read Veital or something similar). The picture shows Tait
in uniform at the time of his service in the Boer War; before this he
was a champion golf player. The drawing was probably published in a newspaper
or magazine of the period and is very well done. There is foxing to the
card and image. Ref. no. 95 |
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