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Showing posts with label studio portrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studio portrait. Show all posts
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Photo of Two First Nations Peddler Women Posing With Beaded Wares For Sale in Montreal, Canada (1860's)
Photo probably showing two First Nations peddler women posing with various wares for sale in Montreal, Canada, c. 1860s. Originally published as a stereoview and taken by photographer William Notman.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Cabinet Card Copy of a Portrait Photo of American Mountain Man Jim Bridger (1860's)
Cabinet card copy of a portrait photograph of American mountain man Jim Bridger, c. 1860s. The original photo has been lost to time and it is unclear exactly what type of photo it was.
Friday, January 31, 2025
Engraving of a Lost Mathew Brady Ambrotype Photo of American Arctic Explorer Elisha Kent Kane With Expedition Members After Returning From the Second Grinnell Expedition (1855)
Engraving of a lost Mathew Brady ambrotype of Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane (center) with fellow expedition members after returning to New York City after the Second Grinnell Expedition in October 1855. Originally published on the cover of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in December 1855.
Original caption: "The Arctic Explorers. Drawn by Wallin. From an Ambrotype by Brady."
A retouched second or third generation copy of the original photo.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Daguerreotype Self-Portrait of a Man Believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1844)
Daguerreotype self-portrait of a man believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1844.
Source: Library of Congress.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Portrait of Five Members of the Virginia Military Institute Gymnasium Club From the 1885 Edition of VMI’s Yearbook Named The Bomb
Source: Virginia Military Institute.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Carte De Visite Portrait of Jane Kettle Taken By Photographer J.W. Gilmor of Colchester, England (1864)
Carte de visite portrait of Jane Kettle taken by photographer J.W. Gilmor of Colchester, England, July 1864.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Portrait of Dr. Charles Robinson of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1857)
Portrait of Dr. Charles Robinson of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1857. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Stereoview Portrait of a Sleeping Dog by Photographer Julius Hall of Great Barrington, Massachusetts (1800s)
Stereoview portrait of a sleeping dog by photographer Julius Hall of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c. 1860-1880.
Source: New York Public Library.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Portrait of an Unidentified Girl Taken By an Unidentified American Photographer (1850′s/1860′s)
Portrait of an unidentified girl taken by an unidentified American photographer, c. 1850′s/1860′s.
Source: Library of Congress.
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.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Daguerreotype Portrait of 11-Year-Old Elihu Vedder Dressed As a Schoolboy (1847)
Daguerreotype portrait of 11-year-old Elihu Vedder dressed as a schoolboy, c. 1847. He would go on to be a noted American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet.
Source: Archives of American Art.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Tintype Portrait of a Group of Young Men and Women Wearing Bathing Suits Taken Somewhere in the United States (1880's/1890's)
Tintype portrait of a group of young men and women wearing bathing suits taken somewhere in the United States, c. 1880-1900.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Portrait of a Franciscan Friar Probably Taken in Rome, The Papal States (1860)
Portrait of a Franciscan monk probably taken in Rome, the Papal States, c. 1860.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Mugshot of a Unidentified Man Arrested by Police in Sacramento, California (1869)
Mugshot of a unidentified man arrested by police in Sacramento, California, c. 1869.
Source: Sacramento Police Department.
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Portrait of Colour Sergeant J. Mullins Posing With a Cased Photograph and Sword While Serving With the Royal Marine Artillery (1858)
Portrait of Colour Sergeant J. Mullins posing with a cased photograph and sword while serving with the Royal Marine Artillery, 1858. From an issue of Black and White Budget published in 1900.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Mugshot of a Russian Convict Serving a Life Sentence Working in a Mine in Siberia, Russia (1901)
Mugshot of a Russian convict serving a life sentence working in a mine in Siberia, c. 1901. From an issue of Black and White Budget.
Labels:
1900's,
1900's fashion,
1901,
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criminal,
life sentence,
mine,
miner,
mugshot,
mustache,
necklace,
posing,
prison,
prisoner,
russia,
russian history,
siberia,
studio portrait,
tattoo
Friday, August 3, 2018
Carte De Visite Portrait of an American Diplomat to Liberia Only Identified as Chester (1870)
Carte de visite portrait of an American diplomat to Liberia only identified as Chester, c. 1870. By photographer D. C. Burnite of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Source: New York Public Library.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Portrait of a Group of Afro-Brazilian Railroad Workers (1850's)
Portrait of a group of Afro-Brazilian railroad workers, c. 1855-1860.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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