Tichborne trials photograph album, ca. 1871-1873.

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Tichborne trials photograph album, ca. 1871-1873.

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Album containing 113 commercially-produced cartes de visite and cabinet card photographs of people connected with the Tichborne impersonation and perjury trials in England during May 1871-March 1872 and 1873. Subjects include claimant and impostor Arthur Orton, Roger Charles Tichborne, members of the Orton and Tichborne families, and various solicitors, jurors, and witnesses incolved in the case. Photographers include Maull & Co., the London Stereoscopic Co., W. & D. Downey, and Watkins & Haigh, all of London, among others. A typescript index to the album and handwritten notes about the case are included with the album.

113 photographs in 1 album.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7659315

Massachusetts Historical Society

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London Stereoscopic Company (London, England),

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Doughty-Tichborne, Roger Charles, 1829-1854

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Orton family

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Watkins & Haigh (London, England),

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Tichborne family

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W. & D. Downey (London, England),

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Maull & Company (London, England),

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Orton, Arthur, 1834-1898

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Roger Tichborne (b. 1829), heir to an ancient Hampshire baronetcy, was reported to have drowned off South America in 1854. His mother, refusing to accept his death, placed world-wide advertisements seeking her son. Arthur Orton claimed to be Tichborne, a claim which was disputed in a civil action in 1871-1872 resulting in Orton being charged with perjury and gaoled. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. 1870. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225695202 ...