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| 1. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Henry Irving (English actor) Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 145) London Stereoscopic Co. |
| 2. |  | Fredericks (New York) 1864 (ca) John Wilkes Booth Carte de visite Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs Courtesy of Carl Mautz |
| 3. |  | Charles DeForest Fredricks n.d. Civil War General Banks Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 41) |
| 4. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1862 Kit Carson and Edwin Perrin Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 43) This 1862 double portrait shows Carson as Colonel in the N. Mexico Volunteers, with Colonel Perrin, who was sent down there to bolster the arms of the N. Mexico troops. This has the "EA" backmark for Edward Anthony. |
| 5. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1870 Photo montage of President Grant & Family Carte de visite 90 x 58 mm Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 4fa.cdv309) |
| 6. |  | Anthony n.d. Admiral Dot Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 43) |
| 7. |  | Whitlock n.d. English Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 45) |
| 8. |  | J.E. Mayall n.d. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881)12024 Carte de visite Paul Frecker Paul Frecker provides the following comments: "Elected to Parliament in 1837, Disraeli was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Derby in 1852, from 1858-59, and again from 1866-68. He served as prime minister in 1868 and again from 1874-1880. It was his personal initiative that purchased from the Khedive of Egypt a controlling interest in the Suez Canal and that in 1876 conferred on Queen Victoria the title of Empress of India. The following year he was granted an earldom. Punch magazine quipped that one good turn deserves another." |
| 9. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1860, 27 February Abraham Lincoln (Without beard) Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 42) This is the February 27, 1860 portrait by Brady, taken before Lincoln's speech at Cooper Union (O-17.) It is a clean print on a plain white mount with the Anthony/Brady backmark. |
| 10. |  | Elliott & Fry n.d. English author and poet Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 47) |
| 11. |  | Elliott & Fry n.d. American author and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Carte de visite Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 48) |
| 12. |  | Franz Hanfstaengl 1870 (ca) Hans Christian Anderson Carte de visite Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs Courtesy of Carl Mautz |
| 13. |  | Robert Howlett n.d. Isambard Kingdom Brunel Carte de visite Source requested |
| 14. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Prof. Morse Carte de visite Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
| 15. |  | London Stereoscopic Company n.d. Mr. Stanley, in the dress he wore when he met Livingstone in Africa. Carte de visite Source requested A copy of this photograph is in the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Inventory number: SA.5153-12) and their curatorial description (accessed: 5 September 2013) reads: This photograph was shot in 1872, in London, when Stanley was back from his journey to find Livingstone. It is part of a series, emphasizing the idea of so-called exploration and long travels in Africa. Riffle, high leather boots, helmet etc. were classical accessorizing items which may be found in other portraits, illustrating travels of the Victorian era. This photograph is part of an Album kept in the Henry M. Stanley Archives (King Baudouin Foundation Collection held in trust at the RMCA). |