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| 1. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Untitled image showing two men at a studio portraiture sitting Stereocard, detail Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 78) Some markings on back have the date 1860. Though the pen looks early, I think it is not Period, as I believe the view with its apparently original round corners on the mount is at least five years later than that. (John Saddy) |
| 2. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1864 (published) Fig. 53. Atelier de pose pour la photographie Engraving Google Books Source: "Les merveilles de la science: ou Description populaire des inventions modernes" By Louis Figuier (Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Editeurs, 1864). This engraving is in the section on "La Photographie" p. 97 |
| 3. |  | E.H. Train 1870-1875 Untitled (Studio of E.H. Train) Stereoview, detail Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Note all the equipment in this stereoview. The stand for holding a background, the different cameras, glass roof, head-rests and the lady presumably tinting or retouching photographs. |
| 4. |  | Brewster (120 Main St. Montpelier, VT) 1897 Interior view of the photographic studio Cabinet card Capitol Gallery Courtesy of Capitol Gallery (Fall 2007 Auction, #53) Cabinet card of a photographer's studio, identified on the mount as Brewster, 120 Main St. Montpelier, VT, 1897. The room contains a large lens on the desk, fold-out albums on a fainting couch, a sample frame below the window, and a wicker posing chair. On the wall is a large crayon portrait with a cabinet card tucked in the bottom left corner. Most likely this portrait was done from the photograph. A calendar on the wall below the light appears to read September, and a clock on the desk gives the time as 9:40. There is also a studio stand to the right of the desk, possibly to hold a reflector. |
| 5. |  | Gustave Cousin (Paris) 1870 (ca) Props in a 19th century Parisian photography studio Albumen print Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) Note the background, headrest, props and photographic apparatus. |
| 6. |  | O.H. Willard 1855 (ca) Séance de pose chez un photographe Aquarelle, papier calque [Water colour, on translucent paper] Musée d'Orsay (C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi, Europeana Identifier: RMNDO000000451496 ; PHO1996-8-10 |
| 7. |  | 1881, December Spencer's Improved Patent Head Rests Advert Google Books |
| 8. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1856 Head Rests - For enabling the Sitter to keep the Head in one position without fatigue Catalogue illustration Google Books Figs.33-35 in "Illustrated Catalogue of Apparatus & Chemical Preartions used in the Art of Photography; Comprising the Daguerreotype, Calotypeà" (Bland & Long, Opticians, 1856), p.24-25 [The details from two pages of the original catalogue have been joined for the sake of clarity.] |
| 9. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1868 Head rests Book illustration Google Books In "A manual of photographic manipulation: treating of the practice of the art; and its Various Applications to Nature (Second edition)" by Lake Price (London, John Churchill & Sons, 1868), p.89 |
| 10. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Rigid head rest Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.549, Fig.30 Figure 30 is the Rigid Head Rest. Stiffer than it looks. |
| 11. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1881 Photographic head-rest Book illustration Google Books Published in "Knights American Mechanical Dictionary" by Edward Knight, Vol.II - GAS-REA, (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881), fig.3679, p.1682. |
| 12. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1849 Head rests Book illustration Google Books Published in "The History and Practice of the Art of Photography; or the Production of Pictures Through the Agency of Light" (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1849), p.57 Head Rests. The button head rest with chair hack clip, A fig. 19 is much the best for travelling artists, as it can be taken apart, into several pieces and closely packed; is easily and firmly fixed to the back of a chair by the clamp and screw a and b, and is readily adjusted to the head, as the buttons c,c and arms d, d are movable. Sometimes the button rest is fixed to a pole, which is screwed to the chair; but this method is not so secure and solid as the clip and occupies more room in packing. Both the pole and clip, are furnished in some cases with brass band rests instead of the button; but the only recommendation these can possibly possess in the eyes of any artist, is their cheapness. Fig. 19. For a Daguerreotypist permanently located the independent iron head-rest, B fig. 19, is the most preferable, principally on account of its solidity. It is entirely of iron, is supported by a tripod a of the same metal and can be elevated by means of a rod (b) passing through the body of the tripod, to a height sufficient for a person, standing, to rest against. |
| 13. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1871 Head-rest used in the United States Book illustration Google Books Published in "Handbook of the Practice and Art of Photography" by Dr. Hermann Vogel, translated by Edward Moelling (Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1871), p.41, fig.16. |
| 14. |  | Honoré Daumier 1856 Nouveau procédé employé pour obtenir des poses gracieuses. [A New Process Used to Achieve Graceful Poses.] Lithograph National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada From the series: Croquis Parisiens, plate 4. Originally published in "le Charivari" (5 June 1856 ?). The Daumier Register by Lilian and Dieter Noack, www.daumier-register.org, DR Number: 2803, LD Number: 2803, HD Number: 1500. |
| 15. |  | Honoré Daumier 1847, 24 July Position réputée la plus commode pour avoir un joli portrait au Daguerréotype. [Recommended position for having a perfect Daguerreotype portrait taken.] Lithograph Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie BnF, Estampes et Photographie, Rés. Dc-180c (2)-Bo¯te fol. From the series: Les Bons Bougeois, plate 49 Originally published in "le Charivari" (24 July 1847). The Daumier Register by Lilian and Dieter Noack, www.daumier-register.org, DR Number: 1525, LD Number: 1525, HD Number: 902. |
| 16. |  | Cuthbert Bede 1853 (publication) 1973 (facsimile) To secure a pleasing Portrait is everything Book illustration Private collection of Alan Griffiths Original illustration in "Photographic Pleasures: popularly portrayed with pen and pencil" by Cuthbert Bede (London, T. McClean 1855) - Amphoto facsimile (1973). To secure a pleasing Portrait is everything. Daguerreotypist to cheerful sitter: "The process will commence as soon as I lift up this slide. You will have the goodness to look fixedly at one subject & call up a pleasant expression to your countenance." |
| 17. |  | George Cruikshank 1842 Photographic Phenomena, or the New School of Portrait Painting Magazine illustration Google Books Published in "George Cruikshank's Omnibus" (London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842), p.29. I. INVITATION TO SIT. Now sit, if ye have courage, cousins all! Sit, all ye grandmamas, wives, aunts, and mothers; Daughters and sisters, widows, brides, and nieces; In bonnets, braids, caps, tippets, or pelisses, The muff, mantilla, boa, scarf, or shawl! Sit all ye uncles, godpapas, and brothers, Fathers and nephews, sons, and next of kin, Husbands, half-brother's cousin's sires, and others; Be you as Science young, or old as Sin: Turn, Persian-like, your faces to the sun ! And have each one His portrait done, Finish'd, one may say, before it's begun. Nor you alone, Oh! Slight acquaintances! Or blood relations ! But sit, oh ! Public Benefactors, Whose portraits are hung up by Corporations. Ye Rulers of the likeness-loving nations, Ascend you now the Photographic throne, And snatch from Time the precious mornings claim'd By artists famed (In the Court Circular you'll find them named). Sit too, ye laurell'd Heroes, whom detractors Would rank below the statesman and the bard ! Sit also, all ye Actors, Whose fame would else die with you, which is hard : Whose Falstaffs here will never Slenders prove. So true the art is ! M.P.'s, for one brief moment cease to move; And you who stand as Leaders of great Parties, Be sitting Members ! Ye intellectual Marchers, sit resign'd ! And oh ! Ye Authors, men of dazzling mind. Perchance with faces foggy as November's. Pray sit! Apollo turned R.A. The other day, Making a most decided hit. They say. Phoebus himself he has become a Shee '. (Morning will rank among the Knights full soon) And while the Moon, Who only draws the tides, is clean outdone, The Stars are all astonishment to see Earth sitting for her portrait to the Sun ! II. THE PROCESS OF THE PORTRAITURE. It's all very fine, is it not, oh ! Ye Nine ? To tell us this planet is going too fast, On a comet-like track through the wilderness vast : Instead of collision, and chances of splitting In contact with stars rushing down the wrong line, The world at this moment can't get on for sitting : And Earth, like the Lady enchanted in Comus, Fix'd fast to her chair With a dignified air, Is expecting to sit for a century there; Much wondering, possibly, half in despair. How the deuce she's to find her way back to her domus. "Keep moving," we know, was the cry long ago; But now, never hare was " found sitting," I swear, Like the crowds who repair To old Cavendish Square, And mount up a mile and a quarter of stair. In procession that beggars the Lord Mayor's show! And all are on tiptoe, the high and the low, To sit in that glass-coverd blue studio; In front of those boxes, wherein when you look Your image reversed will minutely appear, So delicate, forcible, brilliant, and clear, So small, full, and round, with a life so profound, As none ever wore In a mirror before; Or the depths of a glassy and branch-shelter'd brook, That glides amidst moss o'er a smooth-pebbled ground. Apollo, whom Drummond of Hawthornden styled " Apelles of flowers," Now mixes his showers Of sunshine, with colours by clouds undefiled; Apelles indeed to man, woman, and child. His agent on earth, when your attitude's right, Your collar adjusted, your locks in their place, Just seizes one moment of favouring light, And utters three sentences " Now it's begun," " It's going on now, sir," and " Now it is done;" And lo ! As I live, there's the cut of your face On a silvery plate, Unerring as fate, Worked off in celestial and strange mezzotint, A little resembling an elderly print. " Well, I never ! " all cry; " it is cruelly like you ! " But Truth is unpleasant To prince and to peasant. You recollect Lawrence, and think of the graces That Chalon and Company give to their faces; The face you have worn fifty years doesn't strike you ! III. THE CRITICISMS OF THE SITTERS THE MORAL. " Can this be me ! Do look, mama !" Poor Jane begins to whimper; " I have a smile, 'tis true; but, pa! This gives me quite a simper." Says Tibb, whose plays are worse than bad, " It makes my forehead flat;" And being classical, he'll add, " I'm blow'd if I'm like that." Courtly, all candour, owns his portrait true; Extremely like me every feature but That plain pug-nose; now mine's the Grecian cut! Her Grace surveys her face with drooping lid; Prefers the portrait which Sir Thomas did; Owns that o'er this tome traits of truth are sprinkled; But views the brow with anger " Why, it's wrinkled!" " Like me .'" cries Sir Turtle; " I'll lay two to one It would only be guess'd by my foes; No, no, it is plain there are spots in the sun, Which accounts for these spots on my nose." " A likeness !" cries Crosslook, the lawyer, and sneers; " Yes, the wig, throat and forehead I spy, And the mouth, chin, and cheeks, and the nose and the ears, But it gives me a cast in the eye !" Thus needs it the courage, of old Cousin Hotspur, To sit to an artist who flatters no sitter; Yet Self-love will urge us to seek him, for what spur So potent as that, though it make the truth bitter ! And thus are all flocking, to see Phoebus mocking, Or making queer faces, a visage per minute; And truly 'tis shocking, if winds should be rocking The building, or clouds darken all that's within it, To witness the frights Which shadows and lights Manufacture, as like as an owl to a linnet. For there, while you sit up, Your countenance lit up, The mists fly across, a magnificent rack; And your portrait's a patch, with its bright and its black, Out-Rembrandting Rembrandt, in ludicrous woe, Like a chimney-sweep caught in a shower of snow. Yet nothing can keep the crowd below, And still they mount up, stair by stair; And every morn, by the hurry and hum, Each seeking a prize in the lottery there, You fancy the " last day of drawing " has come. L.B. |
| 18. |  | Olds n.d. Mr. Olds - an eccentric self portrait Carte de visite Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
| 19. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1881 Photographic chair Book illustration Google Books Published in "Knights American Mechanical Dictionary" by Edward Knight, Vol.II - GAS-REA, (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881), fig. 3681, p.1682 in "Knights American Mechanical Dictionary" |
| 20. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Padded posing chair with with nickel-plated rod and rest attachment Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.554, Fig.40 Figure 40 is a similar chair, but with nickel-plated rod and rest attachment. Very handsome and very desirable to many. |
| 21. |  | Henry Clarke 1869 (ca) Number 14, elderly man wearing checkered uniform, in restraint chair Albumen print (?) Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0019069, Library reference no.: Iconographic Collection 347834) Patients at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| 22. |  | Henry Clarke 1869 (ca) Presumed inmate at Wakefield prison, Wakefield, York. Carte de visite Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0019070) |
| 23. |  | 1869, 5 March A New Posing Rest Magazine illustration Google Books Published in "The Illustrated Photographer: Scientific and Art Journal" (London: 1869), Volume 2, March 5th, 1869, p.114 Our American photographic contemporary, Humphrey's Journal, describes a new posing rest, invented by Mr. Charles Kruger, and intended to afford greater scope for its use in connection with an enlarged variety of positions or attitudes. The difficulty of getting rid of the upright stem of the rest now in use is often a puzzling one, and the difficulty of concealing the stand from which it springs is often no less. Moreover, the stand and upright are required to be concealed behind the sitter, whereas it is often advisable to place it to the right or left. We have not seen Mr. Kruger's stand, nor has he fully described it, so that we can only give our readers the copy of a sketch of it which appeared in the above-mentioned journal in connection with a pose decidedly calculated to test its plasticity. The only question in our mind is, can a rest thus made be sufficiently rigid to resist pressure, and be a rest in something more than name? If it be so, then those who use a rest should decidedly give their attention to Kruger's. |
| 24. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Sumptuous woman Daguerreotype Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 14) This is the highest quality I have seen in terms of clarity and coloring. All the appropriate details are finely and sharply gilded. The shiny gray of the woman's dress is superbly rendered. The coloration of the padded chair is rich and wonderfully graded into the shadows. The flesh tones of her face and hands are delicate and well balanced with the other colors. This is in a larger case, probably English, with hinges at the top. The plate is embedded deeply within the plush burgundy velvet surround with gilded oval border. Because it is far from the glass surface, the scan can only approximate the actual richness of the plate. |
| 25. |  | Parker's Photographic Rooms (Pekin, ILL) 1865, 7 March (after, date of Potter's Patent) Advertising for Parker‘s Photographic Rooms,Pekin, ILL. Tintype, carte de visite mount Private collection of Laurie Minor Features engraving of photographer taking photo of mother and child, using large format camera on tripod. |
| 26. |  | William Edward Kilburn n.d. Portrait of a young girl Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted Private collection of John Hannavy |
| 27. |  | Antoine Claudet 1860s (ca) Portrait of a lady Carte de visite Private collection of Laurie Minor |
| 28. |  | A.N. Hardy (Boston) n.d. Portrait of a sitting gent with a ghostly figure Carte de visite, double exposure Private collection of Andrea Cesari |
| 29. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Armless Navy Veteran: Richard D. Dunphy Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 73) This is Richard D. Dunphy. Born in Ireland, he was a Coal Heaver serving on board the U.S.S. Hartford in attacks against Fort Morgan and the capture of the "Tennessee." CDV with pen inscription on verso, probably in his hand, from "Flag Ship 'Hartford' Mobile Bay Aug 5th '64." No imprint, blue 2 cent Bank Check stamp. |
| 30. |  | Mathew B. Brady 1865 Sergent Boston Corbett, 16th N.Y. Cav. Who shot J. Wilkes Booth, April 26, 1865. Carte de visite George Eastman Museum George Eastman House Collection - Accession Number: 1972:0033:0003 |
| 31. |  | Bieber Family 1873-1878 (ca) Marie Charlotte Huyssen Cabinet card Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber. |
| 32. |  | Unidentified photographer 1860 (ca) Photographer Hector de Saedeler, Brussels, Belgium Albumen print Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) Courtesy of Jan Weijers Possibly a self portrait. |
| 33. |  | Louis Wegner 1859 Portrait of the painter Nicolaas Pieneman Albumen print, from wet collodion on glass negative, Mounted on paper Rijksmuseum Copyright © Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (RP-F-00-2464) |
| 34. |  | 1892 Geo. Knell - Posing furniture Advert Google Books The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times - Almanac for 1892, Volume 6, Advertising section, p.74. |
| 35. |  | 1871 Knell's Patent and Patent Designed Photographic Furniture Advert Google Books The Photographer's Friend (Baltimore), Vol.1, 1871 |
| 36. |  | 1871 Knell's Patent and Patent Designed Photographic Furniture - Pharaoh's Revolving Chair Advert Google Books The Photographer's Friend (Baltimore), Vol.1, 1871 |
| 37. |  | 1871 Knell's Patent and Patent Designed Photographic Furniture - Pharaoh Chair, No.2 Advert Google Books The Photographer's Friend (Baltimore), Vol.1, 1871 |
| 38. |  | 1875 Phenix Posing Chair, made by C.A. Schindler, P.O. Box 63, West Hoboken, N.J. Advert Google Books Published in "The Photographic Times", Volume 5, January 1875, No.49, Advert 23 |
| 39. |  | 1875 Phenix Posing Chair, made by C.A. Schindler, P.O. Box 63, West Hoboken, N.J. Advert Google Books Published in "The Photographic Times", Volume 5, January 1875, No.49, Advert 23 |
| 40. |  | 1875 Phenix Posing Chair, made by C.A. Schindler, P.O. Box 63, West Hoboken, N.J. Advert Google Books Published in "The Photographic Times", Volume 5, January 1875, No.49, Advert 23 |
| 41. |  | 1875 Phenix Posing Chair, made by C.A. Schindler, P.O. Box 63, West Hoboken, N.J. Advert Google Books Published in "The Photographic Times", Volume 5, January 1875, No.49, Advert 23 |
| 42. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Padded baby chair Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.553, Fig.37 Figure 37 is the Baby Chair. It has a little extra cushion, which is very useful for the small fry. |
| 43. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Padded posing chair - Bowdish Chair Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.554, Fig.39 Figure 39 is the Bowdish Chair without rods and rest Perhaps the best and most suitable chair ever offered for photographic use. |
| 44. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Padded posing chair Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.551, Fig.33 Figure 33 is a plain but substantial Posing Chair, with adjustable back. |
| 45. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Anthony's Revolving Chair, in plush Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.552, Fig.35 Figure 35 is Anthony's Revolving Chair, in plush. It is strong, and more inviting than it looks to be. |
| 46. |  | 1866 Geo. Knell's Patent Photographic Chairs and Lounges Advert Google Books Published in "Humphrey's Journal of Photography and the Allied Arts and Sciences", Vol.17, No. 21, March 1, 1866 These cuts represent the Chair and Lounge, which are made in the best manner, so as to take Pictures in all positions and to dispense with the heavy chairs generally used. The Lounge is adapted to keep small children in position. Satisfaction guaranteed for all Orders. |
| 47. |  | White & Lindsey (Kalamazoo, Mich.) n.d. Posing chair Carte de visite Private collection |
| 48. |  | Nadar 1870 (ca) Alexander Dumas Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 178) |
| 49. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. A girl sitting in a posing chair Tintype, 1/6 plate J. Cosmas Vintage Photography |
| 50. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Portrait of a boy with a posing chair Tintype, hand-painted, full plate Private collection of Christopher Schwer |
| 51. |  | Unknown (American) 1875, 1 January Janet Mc Intyre Murphy Tintype, ferrotypie 20 x 14.7 cm Musée français de la Photographie Inventory no: 2009.18.82 |
| 52. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Untitled studio image of a young man with an early-looking Holmes-Bates style viewer on the table Stereocard, detail Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 70) |
| 53. |  | Pierre Petit 1870s (mid) Pierre Petit Carte de visite Paul Frecker |
| 54. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875 Singalese Nabob Ratemahatunya, Ceylon Albumen print 8.5 in (21.59 cm) x 6.5 in (16.51 cm) Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 3eg689) |
| 55. |  | Pierre Petit 1870 (ca) Two French writers: Erckmann & Chatrian Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) Courtesy of Jan Weijers |
| 56. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Anthony Sliding-Back Chair, with arms Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.551, Fig.34 Figure 34 is the Anthony Sliding-Back Chair, with arms; one of the most saleable chairs in market. Again improved. |
| 57. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Anthony's Sliding-Back Chair, without arms Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.552, Fig.36 Figure 36, Anthony's Sliding-Back Chair, without arms. |
| 58. |  | Sarony n.d. Napoleon Sarony Carte de visite Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
| 59. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Padded lounge for children Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.553, Fig.38 Figure 38 is a lounge for children of larger growth. They can be had with single or double ends, as desired. |
| 60. |  | Unidentified photographer 1870 (ca) Portrait of dog in chair Tintype 8.8 x 6.3 cm George Eastman Museum Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (82:1523:0002) |
| 61. |  | 1878 Advert for Wilson, Hood & Co. Advert Google Books Published in "Photographic Mosaics: An Annual Record of Photographic Progress", 1878 |
| 62. |  | 1878 Advert for Wilson, Hood & Co. - Window Chair with a raw silk cover, Price $23 Advert Google Books Published in "Photographic Mosaics: An Annual Record of Photographic Progress", 1878 |
| 63. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 64. |  | W.P. Floyd 1870 (ca) Studio Portrait of a Japanese Moonsmi Woman, Hong Kong Albumen print 24 x 19 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4120, Dec 5, 2007) Lit.: Dennis George Crow. Historic Photographs of Hong Kong & China. 2001, ill. no. 60, p. 43. Merry A. Foresta. At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian. Washington 2003, ill. p. 170 ("Studio Portrait of Japanese Woman with Chair" - image from the same sitting). |
| 65. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Mrs Ruth Day Daguerreotype, 3/4 plate Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 13) Mrs. Ruth Day, is seen at a table, holding a small book, probably a prayer book. Her lace shawl is nicely rendered. She outlived her daughter, dying in 1865 at age 85. |
| 66. |  | Unidentified photographer 1940s Smiling African American lady wearing a hat in a studio Gelatin silver print 9 x 6 in (matte) La Bonne Vivante |
| 67. |  | Lehnert & Landrock 1910 (ca) Arabian female nude Gelatin silver print, sepia-toned 38.8 x 28.7 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4471) Lehnert & Landrock logo and number 5037 in the negative in lower right corner. |
| 68. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Portrait of a seated older gentleman with a Brewster style stereoscope on the table. Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 172) |
| 69. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1865, 11 April (Patent) Woman (Mary C. Hilligoss) posing in a studio with a multiple CDV viewer Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada Multiple CDV Viewer labeled Robinson's Photographicon Patented April 11, 1865, (three days before President Lincoln's assassination). The machine had two rollers holding a ribbon of material to which the unmounted CDVs were glued. Turning the handles exterior to the rollers changed the images viewed through two windows on top. This attractive wooden viewer is 6 1/4" high by 6 1/4" deep by 12" in length. |
| 70. |  | Abdullah frères 1865 Portrait of a boy [Joseph S. Greene] Carte de visite Private collection of Andrea Cesari Name handwritten ond dated on reverse. |
| 71. |  | Sorabji Jehangir 1900 (ca) H.H. Maharawal Shri Fatehsinhji Motisinhji Sahib, the Raja of Chota Udaipur Silver bromide print 240 x 195 mm Bonhams - London courtesy Bonhams, London (April 9, 2008, #227) Included in Sale 16200 - "India and Beyond in Books and Photography" at Bonhams in London (April 9, 2008) |
| 72. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 73. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Too Hot (Detail) Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 556) Early English stereocard with no maker indicated. |
| 74. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1870s (ca) Portrait of An Early Japanese Cross-Dresser Ambrotype 3.5 x 2.75 in (89 x 70 mm) Charles Schwartz Ltd This image is notable as the man appears to be a cross-dresser; he is wearing a woman's kimono. There is an inscription, written in ink and brush, on the inside of the case bottom, underneath the glass plate which reads, "Young man, age 20.5." |
| 75. |  | Southwell Brothers 1860s (ca) Prince Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse Carte de visite Paul Frecker |
| 76. |  | Zangaki Brothers 1870-1880 (ca) Groupe de femmes de harem (no 825) Papier albuminé d'après négatif sur verre au collodion 22.5 x 28.5 cm Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie |
| 77. |  | Zangaki Brothers n.d. Armenian Lady in exotic costume Albumen print 11 x 8.5 in Pierre Spake Fine Art Pierre Spake Fine Art [5205] |
| 78. |  | Pascal Sebah 1880s Turkish lady seated with hookah Albumen print 7 x 9.5 in Pierre Spake Fine Art Pierre Spake Fine Art [6390] |
| 79. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1845-1855 Post mortem portrait of an unknown woman Daguerreotype, Encased Rijksmuseum Copyright © Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (RP-F-F14377) |
| 80. |  | Lewis Carroll 1863 Irene MacDonald Albumen print 24.80 x 19.50 cm National Galleries of Scotland Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland, Purchased 1990 (PGP 189.21) |
| 81. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Young well-dressed African American man with a high collared shirt Gelatin silver print 6 x 4 ins La Bonne Vivante |
| 82. |  | Atelier Adele 1869, March 4 - Fleur de Ligne et Perle d'Alsace, Bouffonnerie militaire et alsacienne [Viennese Charity Play] Cabinet card Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery 4 - Fleur de Ligne et Perle d'Alsace, Bouffonnerie militaire et alsacienne, avec musique et grands airs par Bourgoing et Treumann, ex acteur trés connu a Vienne: Moulinet tambour major - Bourgoing; Perle d'Alsace cantatrice Alsacienne - Treumann; Lapin & la gamelle - Waldner et Vaugelas. This photograph relates to a four special performances of a charity play attended by the aristocracy of Vienna society to benefit widows and orphans victims of the Battle of Novara won by Count John Joseph Wenceslaus Radetzky of Radetz, in March 23, 1869. |
| 83. |  | Desrue Studio 2000 (ca) Allegory Maternity women mask angel nude Silver process print 3.5 x 3.5 in Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery |
| 84. |  | William Saunders 1870 Bound Feet Unbound, China Albumen print Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm |
| 85. |  | Josiah Bruce (Toronto, Ontario) 1890 (ca) Portrait of a young Lady Cabinet card Private collection of Steven Evans |
| 86. |  | Hamilton (Buffalo, NY) n.d. Dapper kid Carte de visite Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes Courtesy of Dennis Waters Fine Daguerreotypes (www.finedags.com) He's so little that far back in the frame! The backdrop is great. |
| 87. |  | Obermuller & Sons (888 Bowery, N.Y.) n.d. Conjoined twins in Christmas attire Gelatin silver print Private collection If you have any information on the names of the twins I would be most grateful. |
| 88. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. A young woman posing in a photographer's studio amongst a "rustic" setting Tintype, 1/6 plate J. Cosmas Vintage Photography |
| 89. |  | Kusakabe Kimbei 1890-1900 Studio portrait of a bare shouldered young woman reading a book Albumen print, hand-coloured 25 x 18.5 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 90. |  | 1888, 13 January Patent No: 375,230 John W. Tinsman: Photographic accessory Magazine illustration Google Books Published in "The Photographic News", Vol.XXXII, No.1581, January 13, 1888, p.28 Patents granted in America Patent No: 375,230 John W. Tinsman, Kirksville, Mo., "Photographic accessory." - Filed June 28th, 1887. Serial No.242,778. (No model). Claim. 1. In photographic scenic exposures, the method herein described of exposing as a ground scene grasses, grains, or plants in front or about the subject being photographed, which consists in mechanically clamping said grasses, grains, or plants in an upright position, as set forth. 2. The within-described photographic scenic accessory, which consists of longitudinal clamping-bars adapted to hold between them grasses, grains, or plants, means for adjusting said bars relatively to each other, and one or more cross-feet or base-pieces supporting or carrying the whole, essentially as specified. 3. The combination, in a photographic scenic accessory adapted to hold in an upright position grasses, grains, or plants of the horizontal-bar b, the cross-feet or base-pieces c, and the adjustable horizontal clamping-bar b', with means for securing and holding it in variable relation with the bar b, substantially as shown and described. |
| 91. |  | Wilhelm Höffert 1879-1880 (embossed) Anton Schott, German tenor Cabinet card Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler With a painted background, a curtain and artificial grass. |
| 92. |  | Antoine Claudet 1850s (mid) Portrait of a Lady Daguerreotype, stereo, hand-tinted Private collection of John Hannavy |
| 93. |  | C.D. Tinsley (Batavia, IA) n.d. A young African-American baby Cabinet card Capitol Gallery Courtesy of Capitol Gallery (Spring 2008 Auction) This is one of the strangest shots we have seen in which the photographer tries to hide a parent behind the child. A man in large boots is behind a boldly patterned fabric trying to steady the child. As weird as this looks it obviously worked! The base of the photographer's headrest is also seen on the bottom right in front of the man's shoe. |
| 94. |  | Pierre Louÿs 1898 No. 13 [From a "bullet album"] Akehurst Creative Management Ltd |
| 95. |  | O.H. Willard 1860 (ca) Gent with Column Albumen-coated salt print 8.5 x 7.25 in (22x18 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (fb52) Some edge portions of the print show the underlying salt paper (itself hand-prepared) without albumen coating, which was applied to increase the richness of the underlying salt print. The edge of the original collodion glass-plate negative is seen as a white line. |
| 96. |  | Maull & Co. n.d. Portrait of a woman partially obscured by a drape Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/147) A very intriguing carte, whether this image is of a really ugly woman or someone's mistress who wanted anonymity, is unclear. In any event for some reason the sitter's identity was to remain anonymous. |
| 97. |  | André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri 1860-1870 Disdéri Carte de visite Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada Andre Adolphe Eugene Disdéri (1819 - 1889) patented a multi-tube camera in France on 27 November 1854 and this permitted the inexpensive taking of multiple portraits at a single sitting. This invention was the basis for the carte de visite that became a photographic craze from the 1850s onward. |
| 98. |  | Ellisson & Co. 1861 Grey Nuns Albumen silver print 20.2 x 17.6 cm National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (no. 21645), Purchased 1972 George William Ellisson |
| 99. |  | Eugène Durieu 1853 (ca) Rückenakt, Paris Museum Ludwig |
| 100. |  | 1868, 21 February Showing studio poses against pedestals and columns Magazine illustration Google Books "The Illustrated Photographer: Scientific and Art Journal" (London: 1868), 1868, 21 February |
| 101. |  | R.A. Lewis (New York) 1860-1865 (ca) An unidentified Union Drummer boy posing in a photographer's studio in his uniform and kepi, while holding a drum and drumsticks. Carte de visite J. Cosmas Vintage Photography |
| 102. |  | Unidentified photographer 1905-1915 (ca) [Lady in costume] Real photo postcard Private collection of Brian Smolens |
| 103. |  | Alexander Bassano 1888 (ca) Friedrich III, His Imperial Majesty, Emperor of Germany Cabinet card Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler |
| 104. |  | André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri 1860 (ca) Studio portraits of the French composer Francois Emanuel-Joseph Bazin Albumen print 19.5 x 20.4 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Dec 2, 2009, Sale: 94, Lot: 4030) Number 37638 in the negative in center of print; number and name of sitter in blue and red crayon on the verso. In 1854 Disdéri had the largest photography studio in Paris and in that year he patented the small-format carte-de-visite format made for the calling cards that were so popular at the time. This is a portrait series of the French composer Francois Emanuel-Joseph Bazin showing the sitter in various poses and with different props. |
| 105. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1870s (ca) A woman in kimono posed in front of an elaborately painted backdrop with seaside scene Ambrotype, kiriwood case 4 x 2.5 in (case) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs - Auction (Skylight Gallery Catalog 28,April 30, 2009, #25) |
| 106. |  | Maynard & Quimby n.d. A young woman posing with an urn in a photographer's studio Tintype, 1/6 plate J. Cosmas Vintage Photography Housed in a paper sleeve blind-stamped with a "star" pattern, with the backmark of "Maynard & Quimby, Milford, MA". With a pen cancelled green three-cent "proprietary" tax stamp affixed. |
| 107. |  | Camille Silvy 1860s (ca) Duchess of Cambridge Carte de visite Private collection of Laurie Minor |
| 108. |  | Eduard Isaac Asser 1852-1854 Portrait of Charlotte Asser, one of the photographer's daughters. Album (mounted on paper), Salted paper print from wet collodion on glass negative Rijksmuseum Copyright © Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (RP-F-AB12278-J) |
| 109. |  | Unidentified photographer 1905-1915 (ca) [Child in costume] Real photo postcard Private collection of Brian Smolens |
| 110. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1870s Tunisian Jewish Woman Albumen print 210 x 260 mm Daniella Dangoor |
| 111. |  | Léopold-Emile Reutlinger n.d. Marguerite Carrthre-Xanrof, soprano Cabinet card Paul Frecker Marguerite Carrere-Xanrof (active 1890s) - French soprano The French soprano, Marguerite Carrere-Xanrof made her Paris debut 24 June 1892. She is known to have sang the lead role in "Les Huguenots" at Opera Comique in June 1897. She was married to Leon Fourneau, pseudo name Leon Xanrof (1867-1953) a trained lawyer and composer/songwriter of light comic opera. Fourneau was Vice-President of a company of Authors, Typesetters & Editors of Music and he wrote mostly cabaret songs. (Kindly contributed by T. Max Hochstetler, June 2007) |
| 112. |  | André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri 1860 (ca) M. et Mme. Nicolopoulo Uncut studio carte de visite proof sheet, Albumen print, from wet collodion negative 7.5 x 9 Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc |
| 113. |  | Felice Beato 1860 Sir James Hope Grant Albumen print 17 x 13.10 cm National Galleries of Scotland Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland (Accession no. PGP 19.1), Purchased 1938 |
| 114. |  | Jose Mora n.d. Mary Anderson, actress Cabinet card, oversize Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler Note the exotic cutout doorway prop and painted architectural background. |
| 115. |  | Southwell Brothers 1865 Hon. Lewis Wingfield as Miss Yellowleaf in a revival of "the Bengal Tiger" Carte de visite Paul Frecker |
| 116. |  | Camille Silvy 1860 Lydia Thompson as Harry Halcyon in "Middy Ashore" Carte de visite Paul Frecker |
| 117. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1930 Turkish women Postcard Private collection of John Toohey |
| 118. |  | P. Klier 1870s (ca) Double portrait of a Burmese couple Cabinet card Dominic Winter Book Auctions Courtesy of Dominic Winter Book Auctions (sale: Thursday 6th March 2009, Lot: 917) |
| 119. |  | Wilhelm Höffert 1892-1894 (ca) Therese Malten, German soprano as Isolde - "Tristan & Isolde" Cabinet card Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler Dresden studio. |
| 120. |  | J. Wentzel (Amersfoort, Holland) 1900 (ca) Girl feeding her dog Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) Courtesy of Jan Weijers |
| 121. |  | J.C. Schaarwächter 1884 (ca) Josef Kainz & Anna von Hochenburger as Romeo & Juliet Cabinet card Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler Josef Kainz played in te role of Romeo at the Deutsches Theater Berlin for three seasons between 1884 and 1886. Later he would continue playing this role in 1890, 1892, 1895 and at the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1899 when he was 41 years old. Thanks to Dr. Ulrich Hermanns for this information (pers. email to Alan Griffiths, 10 January 2014). |
| 122. |  | André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri 1859-1861 Thiers Carte de visite Paul Frecker Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. He held cabinet posts under Louis-Philippe, led the parliamentary opposition to Napoléon III from 1863, and as head of the provisional government in 1871 negotiated the peace with Prussia and suppressed the briefly autonomous Paris Commune. From 1871 to 1873 he was the first president of the Third Republic. His books include Histoire de la Révolution Franþaise. |
| 123. |  | W.H. Broad (3 Townwall St., Dover) n.d. Portrait of a lady with mandolin Cabinet card Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall |
| 124. |  | C.A. Gandy n.d. Two British soldiers with a Gardner Machine Gun Albumen print Cowan's Auctions, Inc Cowan Auctions, 2009, Spring Firearms Sale, April 29 - 30 (Lot: #122) |
| 125. |  | Burton Brothers n.d. Fiji Warrior with weapon or ceremonial object Albumen print 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (52 / 49) There are flowers on his arms, on the mat on the floor, and at the right. A gourd is stuck into the sash above his belt. The photographer was not identified in the Be-Hold sale (52/49) in an email () the photographer was confirmed to be the Burton Brothers (pers. comm, email, Dr. Margit Zara Krpata, 9 April 2013) |
| 126. |  | Alary & Geiser n.d. Portrait of an Algerian woman in studio setting with a darker-skinned woman sitting on the floor. The subservient attitude of the latter suggests she is a servant. Carte de visite Paul Frecker The design of the backplate incorporates the information that medals were won at photographic exhibitions in 1852, 1856 and 1857. |
| 127. |  | Bourne & Shepherd 1870s Begum of Bhopal Albumen print 350 x 260 mm Bonhams - London Courtesy of Bonhams, London (Sale 15313 - India and Beyond in Books and Photography, Lot 240 - 26 Oct 2007) |
| 128. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Portrait of a couple (American) Daguerreotype, whole plate Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 125) The flowers on the table between them have been attractively tinted. |
| 129. |  | Unidentified photographer 1890s (ca) [three Philippine men 1890s with hunting weapons and trap] Albumen print 10.5 x 8.5 in Pierre Spake Fine Art Pierre Spake Fine Art [3496] |
| 130. |  | Félix Bonfils 1880 (ca) Bédouines syriennes (no 644) Papier albuminé d'après négatif sur verre au collodion 22 x 28 cm Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie Acquisition 1973 |
| 131. |  | Unidentified photographer 1885 (ca) Goorkha Soldiers, India Albumen print 8.25 x 6.25 ins 210 x 160 mm Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 3eg476) |
| 132. |  | 1884 W.H. Redshaw: Studio Accessories and Rustic Furniture Advert Google Books Published in "The Year-Book of Photography and Photographic News Almanac for 1884" (London: Piper & Carter) |
| 133. |  | 1884 Marion & Co.'s Novelties Advert Google Books Published in "The Year-Book of Photography and Photographic News Almanac for 1884" (London: Piper & Carter) |
| 134. |  | 1883 Marion & Co., London Advert Google Books Published in "The Year-Book of Photography and Photographic News Almanac for 1883" (London: Piper & Carter) |
| 135. |  | 1882 Osborne's Patent Picturesque Foregrounds and Statuary Pedestals for Photographic Combination Printing Advert Google Books Published in "Photographic Mosaics: An Annual Record of Photographic Progress" edited by Edward L. Wilson, Eighteenth Year, 1882 |
| 136. |  | 1882 E.B. Hough Backgrounds and Accessories Advert Google Books Published in "Photographic Mosaics: An Annual Record of Photographic Progress" edited by Edward L. Wilson, Eighteenth Year, 1882 |
| 137. |  | 1878 Advert for Photographers' Posing Apparatus and Requisites, Decorative Art and Medium Furniture, Fine Piano Stools, etc. C.A. Schindler & Sons, P.O. Box 63, West Hoboken, N.J. Advert Google Books Published in "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil.. (4th edition)", by George B. Ayres (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878) |
| 138. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1862, 15 December Cartes de Visite of Celebrities Journal page Google Books The Photographic Journal being the Journal of the Photographic Society, 15 December 1862, No.128, p.188 There is always too much of the studio in these carte de visite portraits. We do not merely refer to the extraordinary backgrounds which some of these operators employ. Why a respectable old lady is to be represented as sitting without her bonnet in a chair placed upon a Brussels carpet in the middle of a terraced garden, is always very perplexing; and it is equally difficult to understand what the foundation can be for the theory, which seems to have possessed the minds of several of the photographers, that the middle-aged men of England generally spend their lives leaning against a Corinthian pillar, with a heavy curtain flapping about their legs, turning their backs to a magnificent view, and obviously standing in a frightful thorough draught. |