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Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Portrait of American Stage Actor Joseph Jefferson Dressed as Old Rip Van Winkle Taken by Napoleon Sarony (1869)
Portrait of American stage actor Joseph Jefferson dressed as old Rip Van Winkle by Napoleon Sarony, 1869. From an edition of the book Rip Van Winkle A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains by Washington Irving published in 1871.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Stereoview Portrait of an Unidentified Man Posing With a Book (1860′s)
Stereoview portrait of an unidentified man posing with a book, c. 1860′s. The original stereoview is not stereoscopic.
Source: Library of Congress.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Hand-Colored Stereoview Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (1850′s/1860′s)
Hand-colored stereoview portrait of an unidentified woman probably by a European photographer, c. 1850′s/1860′s.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Hand-Colored Tintype Portrait of an Unidentified Woman Posing With a Book Possibly Taken in a Photography Studio in Maine (1860′s)
Hand-colored tintype portrait of an unidentified woman posing with a book possibly taken in a photography studio in Maine, c. 1860′s. By James G. Stacy.
Source: Library of Congress.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Animated Stereoscopic Portrait of a Union Officer Identified as A. H. White (1860's)
Animated stereoscopic portrait of a Union officer identified as A. H. White, c. 1860's. By Mathew Brady.
Source.
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Animated Stereoscopic Portrait of Swedish Soprano Christine Nilsson (1874)
Animated stereoscopic portrait of Swedish soprano Christine Nilsson, February 1874. By Jeremiah Gurney.
Source.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Union Soldiers Posing in Front of and on a Pontoon Bridge Across the James River at Deep Bottom, Virginia, During the Siege of Petersburg
Union soldiers posing in front of and on a pontoon bridge across the James River at Deep Bottom, Virginia, during the Siege of Petersburg. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
Source.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Man Believed to be a Hawaiian Missionary With His Hand on the Hiram Bingham Book “A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands”
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man believed to be a Hawaiian missionary with his hand on the Hiram Bingham book “A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands,” c. 1850.
Source.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Hand-Colored Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Woman Posing With Flowers
Hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified woman posing with flowers, c. 1850's.
Source.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Portrait of Confederate Soldier Henry Howe Cook (1861)
Portrait of Confederate soldier Henry Howe Cook, April 1861. He served with Company D of the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment and Company F of the 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Carte De Visite Portrait of John Wilkes Booth With His Right Hand on a Book
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| Cropped tintype version which has a sharper look. |
Carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth with his right hand on a book. By George Godfrey of Rochester according to tintype version auction entry.
Source 1.
Source 2.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Animated Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Man Posing With a Human Skull (1855)
Animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man posing with a human skull, 1855.
Source.
Monday, December 29, 2014
American Daguerreotype Portrait of a Chemist Posing With Drug Making Equipment in an Apothecary Shop (1852)
American daguerreotype portrait of a chemist posing with drug making equipment in an apothecary shop, c. 1852.
Source.
Friday, April 18, 2014
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