Formal Portraits, Cabinet Cards, and Cartes de Visite Featuring Celebrity

Item Details

Portrait

A grouping of antique and vintage photographs featuring six cartes de visite including William Campbell, who claimed to be the world’s largest man, and thirteen cabinet cards including gelatin-silver and albumen prints. Also featured are six larger gelatin silver prints of formal portraits including a wedding photo, and one negative. Studio names, logos and personal inscriptions may be found throughout. The prints are unframed.

Condition

- discoloration to most prints; silvering to some particularly larger formal portraits; abrasions and wear to some; some marks to a few prints; wear to edges of most.

Dimensions

- measures largest item.

Item #

18CHI063-727