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LL/48708
W. & D. Downey
Alexander II, Czar of Russia (1818-1881)
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Classic Photographics
 
LL/48708 [Further details available]

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LL/11258
W. & D. Downey
Emperor Napoleon III of France (1808-1873)
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 51)
 
LL/11258

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LL/113852
W. & D. Downey
Jenny Lind (Jenny Goldschmidt)
n.d.
Photograph
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
University of California Libraries
 
LL/113852 [Further details available]

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LL/54827
W. & D. Downey
Lord Palmerston
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Collection of Michael G. Jacob
 
LL/54827

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LL/115491
W. & D. Downey
Madam Sarah Bernhardt
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 8 December 2021, Lot: 4015
 
LL/115491

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LL/115489
W. & D. Downey
Madam Sarah Bernhardt
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 8 December 2021, Lot: 4015
 
LL/115489

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LL/115490
W. & D. Downey
Madame Sarah Bernhardt
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 8 December 2021, Lot: 4015
 
LL/115490

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LL/121148
W. & D. Downey
Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
 
LL/121148

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LL/77246
W. & D. Downey
Miss Mary Anderson as "Juliet."
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall
 
LL/77246

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LL/94317
W. & D. Downey
Naser Al-Din Shar Qajar (Shah of Persia)
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/94317

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LL/61284
W. & D. Downey
Portrait of a military man
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Marcin Poluch
 
LL/61284

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LL/12020
W. & D. Downey
Princess Alice
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12020 [Further details available]

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LL/11059
W. & D. Downey
Queen Mary wife of King George V
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 150)
 
LL/11059

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LL/61353
W. & D. Downey
Queen Victoria spinning at her spinning wheel
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Donna J. Coates
 
LL/61353

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LL/43845
W. & D. Downey
Sarah Bernhardt
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection
 
LL/43845

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LL/99266
W. & D. Downey
The Shah
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
State Library of Victoria
H86.109/1/82
 
LL/99266 [Further details available]

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LL/126577
W. & D. Downey
[Bartola and Ma´ximo]
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/maximo-and-bartola-and-the-myth-of-iximaya/
 
LL/126577

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LL/93846
W. & D. Downey
H.R.H. the Princess of Wales
1859-1870 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Boston Public Library
Accession #: 13_05_000585
 
LL/93846

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LL/106354
W. & D. Downey
Hartley Colliery after the accident - 30 Jan 1862
1862
Albumen print
15 x 20.4 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2935022
 
LL/106354 [Further details available]

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LL/84998
W. & D. Downey
Hartley Colliery after the accident
[New Hartley Pit Disaster, Northumberland, England]
1862, 30 January
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Billy Embleton
 
LL/84998 [Further details available]

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LL/84999
W. & D. Downey
Hartley Colliery after the accident
[New Hartley Pit Disaster, Northumberland, England]
1862, 30 January
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Billy Embleton
 
LL/84999 [Further details available]

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LL/106357
W. & D. Downey
Hartley Colliery after the Accident, 30 January 1862
1862, 30 January
Albumen print
15.0 x 20.5 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2935024
 
LL/106357 [Further details available]

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LL/106356
W. & D. Downey
Hartley Colliery after the Accident, 30 January 1862
1862, 30 January
Albumen print
15.4 x 20.7 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2935023
 
LL/106356 [Further details available]

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LL/84997
W. & D. Downey
W. Coulson, Master Sinker, and four of his men. Pit Mouth, Hartley Colliery
[New Hartley Pit Disaster, Northumberland, England]
1862, 30 January
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Billy Embleton
 
LL/84997 [Further details available]

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LL/106355
W. & D. Downey
W. Coulson, Master Sinker, and four of his men. Pit Mouth, Hartley Colliery - 30 Jan 1862
1862, 30 January
Albumen print, mounted on card with black border
14.6 x 20.1 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2935021
 
LL/106355 [Further details available]

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LL/112026
W. & D. Downey
The Central Railway Station, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1863
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Billy Embleton
 
LL/112026

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LL/12019
W. & D. Downey
Princess Alexandra with her daughter, Princess Louise
1867, September
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12019 [Further details available]

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LL/91226
W. & D. Downey
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1831-1917)
1869
Albumen print, hand-coloured
14.2 x 10.3 cm (whole object)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2914381
 
LL/91226 [Further details available]

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LL/93924
W. & D. Downey
Nasser al-Din, Shah of Persia
1870s
Carte de visite
 
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Given by Algernon Graves, 1916, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax38451
 
LL/93924

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LL/41376
W. & D. Downey
Queen Victoria
1872
Cabinet card
5 1/2 x 4 in (140 x 101 cm) (image)
 
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Purchased, 2008, NPG x127209
 
LL/41376

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LL/111884
W. & D. Downey
Post-mortem portrait of Napoleon III
1873
Carte de visite
 
Pails Fesch - Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Ajaccio
Donation from the association of friends of the Palais Fesch - Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Ajaccio (2012). Former Fransceschini- Pietri collection., MNA 2012.2.3
 
LL/111884

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LL/93927
W. & D. Downey
Nasser al-Din, Shah of Persia, King Edward VII and five unknown sitters
1873 (?)
Carte de visite, Woodburytype
 
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014, Photographs Collection, NPG x197198
 
LL/93927

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LL/85042
W. & D. Downey
Napoleon III on his death bed (Napoléon III sur son lit de mort)
1873, January
 
Château de Compiègne
RMN-Grand Palais (domaine de Compiègne), Inventory no: C49.002
 
LL/85042

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LL/121056
W. & D. Downey
Madame Sarah Bernhardt [in the role of Racine's Phèdre]
1874 (ca)
Cabinet card
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 87.XA.71.3
 
LL/121056

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LL/112001
W. & D. Downey
Empress Eugenie of France
1880 (ca)
Woodburytype
5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2020.274
 
LL/112001

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LL/121041
W. & D. Downey
Sarah Bernhardt
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2018.0010
 
LL/121041

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LL/112853
W. & D. Downey
Sarah Bernhardt
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2018.0010
 
LL/112853

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LL/121057
W. & D. Downey
[Sarah Bernhardt as the Empress Theodora in Sardou's "Theodora"]
1884
Cabinet card
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 87.XA.71.4
 
LL/121057

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LL/12169
W. & D. Downey
The Misses Dene
1893 (ca)
Woodburytype
5.5 x 3.6 in (140 mm x 93 mm)
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12169 [Further details available]

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LL/90835
W. & D. Downey
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Portrait
1893, July
Carbon print
37.7 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 ins)
 
The Royal Collection
© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013, L.2014.40
 
LL/90835

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LL/86270
W. & D. Downey
Queen Victoria
1897
Photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Daily Mail, 18 September 2012
 
LL/86270 [Further details available]

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LL/43846
W. & D. Downey
Back of cabinet card for W. & D. Downey, 57 & 61 Ebury Street, London, S.W.
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
 
Private collection
 
LL/43846

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LL/61285
W. & D. Downey
Backmark for W. & D. Downey, London
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Marcin Poluch
 
LL/61285

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LL/77247
W. & D. Downey
Backmark for W. & D. Downey, London with a label for Charles L. Ritzmann, N.Y.
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
 
Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall
 
LL/77247

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LL/48709
W. & D. Downey
Backmark on carte de visite for W & D. Downey, 9 Eldon Square, Newcastle on Tyne. London Studio.
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
 
Classic Photographics
 
LL/48709 [Further details available]

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LL/119296
W. & D. Downey
Seller label for "Meyer Bros. & Co., Booksellers, Stationers, 13 West 24th St., New York." on back of W.D. Downey photography
n.d.
Cabinet card, back, label
 
Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall
 
LL/119296

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LL/93847
W. & D. Downey
Backmark for "W. & D. Downey, 9 Eldon Square, Newcastle on Tyne" with a bookseller label for "Dalton & Lucy, Booksellers to the Queen, 28 Cockspur St., Charing Cross"
1859-1870 (ca)
Carte de visite, back
 
Boston Public Library
Accession #: 13_05_000585
 
LL/93847

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LL/112027
W. & D. Downey
Backmark for "W & D Downey, Photographers, 9 Eldon Square, Newcastle on Tyne" with a label for "Allan, Bookseller, Stationer and News Agent, 62 Corner of Sean St. and Mosley St., Newcastle-on-Tyne."
1863
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Billy Embleton
 
LL/112027

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LL/61293
W. & D. Downey
Carte-de-visite mailing evelope, W. & D. Downey, 57 & 61 Ebury St., London, S.W.
n.d.
Mailing envelope
 
Private collection of Marcin Poluch
 
LL/61293

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LL/61292
W. & D. Downey
Carte-de-visite mailing evelope, W. & D. Downey, 57 & 61 Ebury St., London, S.W.
n.d.
Mailing envelope
 
Private collection of Marcin Poluch
 
LL/61292

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LL/61291
W. & D. Downey
Carte-de-visite mailing evelope, W. & D. Downey, 57 & 61 Ebury St., London, S.W.
n.d.
Mailing envelope
 
Private collection of Marcin Poluch
 
LL/61291

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LL/84996
W. & D. Downey
Hartley Colliery after the accident [Note by W. & D. Downey to Queen Victoria]
1862, 30 January (forwarded)
Paper
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2935022
 
LL/84996 [Further details available]

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LL/47137
W. & D. Downey
Napoleon III. After his Death.
1873, 25 January (published)
Magazine illustration
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/47137 [Further details available]

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LL/113851
W. & D. Downey
The Late Madame Lind-Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind)
1887, 12 November
Newspaper illustration
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/113851 [Further details available]

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LL/86271
W. & D. Downey
Victoria - Queen of an Empire on which the sun never sets
1897 (or later)
Embroidered silk, Stevengraph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
www.Stevengraph-Silks.com
 
LL/86271 [Further details available]

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Actors and performers - Cabinet cards: Actors
Actors and performers - Jenny Lind (1820-1887)
Actors and performers - Sarah Bernhardt
Albumen prints - Albumen prints
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Events
Albumen prints - Painted albumen prints
Backmarks - Cabinet cards: Backs: Royal patronage
Backmarks - Cartes de visite: Backs: Royal patronage
Backmarks - Introduction to the backmarks on cabinet cards
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Backs: Royal patronage
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Royalty
Cabinet cards - Introduction to the backmarks on cabinet cards
Cartes de visite - Carte de visite mailers
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Backs: Royal patronage
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: British royalty
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: French royalty
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Politicians
Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite
Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Celebrities - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Celebrities - Jenny Lind (1820-1887)
Daguerreotypes - Jenny Lind (1820-1887)
Dead - Introduction to the photography of death
Dead - Mourning clothing
Dead - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Emotions - Emotions: Maternal
Ephemera - Carte de visite mailers
Ephemera - Introduction to ephemera
Ephemera - Labels and stamps of distributors including print and book sellers
Events - Albumen prints: Events
Family life - Motherhood
Fashion - Headwear
Fashion - Photo-jewelry: Brooches and pins
Hand-painted photographs - Painted albumen prints
Intimate relationships - Introduction to intimate relationships
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Nasir al-Din Shah
Marketing - Labels and stamps of distributors including print and book sellers
Marketing - Marketing: Associations with royalty
Marketing - Marketing: Photographing celebrities
Marketing - Nineteenth century book and print sellers
Mining and extraction - Photography and mining
Non-paper objects - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Non-paper objects - Photo-jewelry: Brooches and pins
Objects incorporating photographs - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Opera singers - Jenny Lind (1820-1887)
Packaging - Carte de visite mailers
Packaging - Introduction to packaging
Painting on photographs - Painted albumen prints
Photo-jewelry - Photo-jewelry: Brooches and pins
Photo-mechanical processes - Woodburytypes
Photographer, studio and distribution labels - Introduction to labels
Photographer, studio and distribution labels - Labels and stamps of distributors including print and book sellers
Photographing celebrities - Cabinet cards: Backs: Royal patronage
Photographing celebrities - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Photographing celebrities - Jenny Lind (1820-1887)
Photographing celebrities - Marketing: Photographing celebrities
Photojournalism - Albumen prints: Events
Politicians - Cartes de visite: Politicians
Portrait - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Portrait - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Portrait - Introduction to the portrait
Royalty - Cabinet cards: Backs: Royal patronage
Royalty - Cabinet cards: Royalty
Royalty - Cartes de visite: Backs: Royal patronage
Royalty - Cartes de visite: British royalty
Royalty - Cartes de visite: French royalty
Royalty - Introduction to the portraiture of royalty
Royalty - Queen Victoria
Royalty - Royal family of France
Royalty - Royal family of Persia
Royalty - Royal support for industry, the arts and photography in Victorian Britain
Social life of photographs - Nineteenth century book and print sellers
Storage and display - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Travel - Nineteenth century book and print sellers
UK - Royal support for industry, the arts and photography in Victorian Britain
Woodburytypes - Woodburytypes
World's Fairs and International Exhibitions - Royal support for industry, the arts and photography in Victorian Britain

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