Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age

Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age

Photograph

Ashford Bros. & Co.

Maker
English, active 1860s

Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age

From the album Louis Napoléon album


ca. 1864
Albumen silver print
Image: 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.8 cm)
Mount: 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1981.1205.0031c
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on album page, T: Ashford Brothers, London
Printed in image, recto, B: Upwards of Five Hundred Photographic Portraits of the Most Celebrated Personages of the Age. \ with a hand-magnifying glass, every portrait will be seen perfect.
Printed in black ink, recto, C: Ashford Brothers & Co. \ Photographic Publishers, \ 76, Newgate Street, \ London. \ No...................
Inscribed in pencil (modern hand) on verso: from Louis Napoleon album \ lower left \ p31
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