Carte de visite album of European public figures, ca. 1860-1865.

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Carte de visite album of European public figures, ca. 1860-1865.

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One photograph album containing 199 commercially-produced carte de visite portraits of European royalty, politicians, soldiers, and other public figures. Most of the photographs are of British statesmen, legislators, and members of the royal family, including Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, taken ca. 1860-1865. There are also several cartes de visite of painting and sculpture. Photographers include John Jabez Edwin Mayall, William F. Kilburn, and Maull & Polyblank of London, England, as well as André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri of Paris, France, among others. Most of the cartes de visite are identified in the album, and all of the images are black and white.

199 photographs in album : cartes de visite, black & white ; 10 x 6 cm., in album 31 x 24 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Maull & Polyblank (London, England),

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Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861

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Royal consort of Queen Victoria. From the description of Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, correspondence, 1853-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423552 Places: England Title: Prince Consort of Queen Victoria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000032 ...

Kilburn, William F.,

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Mayall, J. E. (John Jabez Edwin), 1813-1901

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...