[Carte-de-visite portraits of the British Royal Family]
Bound volume
Various makers
Maker
[Carte-de-visite portraits of the British Royal Family]
ca. 1860
Albumen silver print
Overall (closed): 6 × 5 1/16 × 1 3/4 in. (15.3 × 12.9 × 4.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1976.0074.0001-0036
DescriptionAlbum containing 7 portraits of the British Royal family. Sitters (in order of appearance) include: Princess Alice; Edward VII (as Prince of Wales); Queen Alexandra (as Princess of Wales); Edward VII (as Prince of Wales); Edward VII (as Prince of Wales); Queen Victoria; and Albert, Prince Consort. Each CDV has descriptive captions inscribed in pencil on the verso. Several pages at the end are empty. Cover is decoratively molded thermoplastic with brass clasps. Spine is leather with debossed gold lettering.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on spine, TC: Album
Printed in gold on title page, OA: Photograph \ ALBUM
Inscribed in ink on recto of back flyleaf, C: [illegible]
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of back flyleaf, BL: Note date \ 1864
Printed in gold on title page, OA: Photograph \ ALBUM
Inscribed in ink on recto of back flyleaf, C: [illegible]
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of back flyleaf, BL: Note date \ 1864
