Mid 19th Century Photo Album

Item Details

Unknown photographers
Untitled
Some photographs are inscribed to the margins and verso
Unknown studios
Family
Leather album

A family photo album, dated to the mid to late 19th century. The album contains both albumen and tintype cartes de visite. Notably, some of the photographs contain hand colored details, embossed paper cards, or hand written inscriptions.

Condition

- missing spine and loose cover; the front cover is completely separated from the spine; heavy rubbing and general wear to cover; one brass-tone bracket on the cover is missing; toning and foxing to pages; various levels of foxing, fading, yellowing, minor scratches and handwriting to photos; note that a majority of the photo slots are filled.

Dimensions

- measurements of album.

Item #

18BAL121-124