Historical portraits, ca.1850-1915.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Historical portraits, ca.1850-1915.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80830761

A privately printed (New York, 1913-1915) collection of approximately 8000 cartes-de-visite photographs of nineteenth-century figures, including over a hundred photos of Abraham Lincoln, his famous contemporaries, both American and European, and photos of Union and Confederate Army officers. These volumes were printed directly from the original negatives (many of which were the originals made by the studio of Mathew B. Brady) and from negatives made from photographs for the most part from the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, for Mr. Adrian Hoffman Joline, New York, Vols. 1-26, 28. Bound in morocco and done on handmade paper. Vol XXVII was also issued to subscribers in 1915 as separate volume on Lincolniana. This set was originally subscribed by J.Pierpont Morgan Sr., but was finally compiled for A.H. Joline, often called the "Morgan-Joline set." It was one of four sets published in 1913-1915, with 3 additional sets compiled in the 1940s.

19 v. (3 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8252356

Houghton Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz44c1 (person)

Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n94rm (person)

Meserve was a New York textile executive and has been called America's first great photograph collector. From the description of Historical portraits, ca.1850-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80830761 Member of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. From the description of Appomattox, April 9, 1865 : portraits of the officers present at the surrender of Gen. Lee, 1919 / from the collection of Companion Frederick H. Meser...

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj4xpt (person)

Mathew Brady was a prominent American photographer, best known for his battlefield photos during the Civil War. From the description of Mathew Brady letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 82087446 From the description of Letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50061938 Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823-1896) was a...

Joline, Adrian H. (Adrian Hoffman), 1850-1912

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rx9dzw (person)

Adrian H. Joline, a lawyer and and noted book collector, author of Meditations of an Autograph Collector (1902) and Rambles in Autograph Land (1913). His collection was sold at a series of auctions conducted by The Anderson Galleries in 1915. From the description of Adrian H. Joine autograph collection, 1781-1912. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 449244760 Autograph collector, railroad man, lawyer. From the descri...