(PHOTO OBJECTS) A small collection of numerous photographic items, including a salesman's sample suitcase and graphic collages. A N.M. Friedman & Co. salesman's sample suitcase with 2 oval photographs, one hand-tinted and the other under bubble glass. Each approximately 17x11 1/4 inches (43.2x28.6 cm.). With the companion sales catalogue. 1910s. AND--A brightly-colored window card advertisement for "Miniature Portraits While you Wait 25¢, Tinting Extra." With 12 vividly hand-tinted silver print portraits of young men, ladies, and children, artfully arranged and cornered onto the mount. Each photograph measures 1 3/4x1 1/2 inches (4.4x3.8 cm.), overall size 17 1/4x10 1/4 inches (43.8x26 cm.). 1920s. WITH--A group of 4 mixed-media items by French and Canadian artists utilizing photographic collage. The first a large watercolor of a World War I scene commemorating the battle at Châlon, with original photographs of two French soldiers; the second a smaller World War I print with the face of a mustachioed French figure; the third a Canadian pastiche with commercial labels bearing many different business logos that is inset with 4 family photographs; the fourth a humorous chromolithograph of a muscleman with a small photographic headshot. Overall various sizes from 5 3/4x6 3/4 to 17x21 inches (14.6x17.1 to 43.2x53.3 cm.). 1914-1920s. AND--A group of 3 framed items. Comprising a World War I printed memorial item entitled "In Flanders' Fields," with a poem dedicated to Lt. Col. John McCrae and a small picture of him; a study of a guy that's overlaid with his circular headshot and in an Art Deco frame; a collage of the "5 pins," a bowling team, in an unusually carved wooden frame. Silver prints, various sizes, overall size of frames 5x4 to 11 1/2x9 inches. 1918-1940s. - 1,500
1 vol. (Morant, A. W. , editor. ) The History and Antiquities of The Deanery of Craven, in The County of York. Leeds: Joseph Dodgson; London: Cassell, Peller & Galpin, 1878. Third edition. Thick folio, orig. publisher's full gilt & blind-stamped brown morocco, a. e. g. , turn-ins gilt; scuffed, occasionally rubbed. With frontis. portrait, hand-tinted additional vignette title, 54 plates (many tinted, 26 hand-colored) , 2 colored geological maps, 29 fold. genealogical charts. List of subscribers. Complete with 1/2 title. Scattered wear & creasing to front matter, other scattered minor internal wear. Apparently one of approx. 40 copies of this edition, and of a still smaller number with color plates.
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Delicately hand-tinted sixth-plate daguerreotype of a cultured gentleman, possibly Nathaniel Currier, posing before the print "MacDonough's Victory on Lake Champlain and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, 1814," which was engraved by Benjamin Tanner (1777-1846), after a painting by H. Philip Reinagle (1749-1883) in a leather case. Circa 1850
A remarkable American image in which a gentleman poses alongside a large print relating to the War of 1812. At the very least, an occupational daguerreotype of a 19th-century print dealer, stamped Scovill Mfg.
Interestingly, the print on display is Benjamin Tanner''s etching (after H. Philip Reinagle''s painting) of the famous, and decisive, navel and land battle at Plattsburg, NY and on Lake Champlain, in September of 1814. The sitter may be the American entrepreneur Nathaniel Currier (1813 -1888), who went on to become a successful partner in the firm of Currier and Ives, the printmaking enterprise he operated with James Merritt Ives (1824-1895). Identification of Currier is suggested by his association with the print on the table since he used the very same battle scene in a commemorative print he published, in 1846, 'Navel Heroes of the Battle of Lake Champlain.' Two years later he published "MacDonough's Victory on Lake Champlain,' which was also based on Tanner''s print. Early portraits of Currier are not extant; the only known images are from a later period, between 1850 to early 1880s. Although it is difficult to definitively identify Currier as the subject of this remarkable daguerreotype, the evidence is noteworthy.
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"H. M. S. Dauntless" * Portrait of a ship merchant seated in front of a maritime background. Together, 2 daguerreotypes, comprising a seaworthy quarter-plate of a clipper ship and a sixth-plate of a well-dressed gentleman (which is delicately hand-tinted); leather cases, the first lacks a front cover; both are framed. 1850s
Swann Auction Galleries & Christie''s London; by agent to C. W. Sahlman.
(CASED IMAGE) pollock, henry
Beautifully hand-tinted quarter-plate daguerreotype of an African-American slave,with her arm wrapped around the younger of two siblings, by Pollock of Baltimore (whose name is stamped on the brass mat); in a leather case (separated at hinge); and the original seal. Circa 1850
An extraordinarily intimate portrait by Henry Pollock, a highly-regarded practitioner of the daguerreian art form in Baltimore, Maryland. The pre-adolescent slave is affectionately, indeed protectively, holding her young charge while the boy at left gazes intently at the cameraman, his straw hat in hand.
In most instances the relationship between children of house slaves and those of the master was familiar. Youngsters not only fraternized but, as this portrait demonstrably reflects, were also very close. This theme appears in the literature of the 20th century as well as that of the 19th century, including "The Bondswoman's Narrative."
A decade later, a clash between pro-South civilians and Union troops, in 1861, resulted in what is commonly accepted to be the first bloodshed of the Civil War. Secessionist sympathy was strong in Baltimore, a border state metropolis, throughout the War Between the States. However, the state of Maryland was allied with the Union cause.
Pollock's studio was a local favorite. A period journalist wrote of the photographer: "None of the Daguerreotypists of Balto. except Pollock, are considered worthy of confidence. They are generally an unreliable and irresponsible set of men who spend faster than they make, would not credit any of them (except the one named) . . ." DC (Maryland, Vol. 8, p.519).
This daguerreian artist, who later produced ambrotypes, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1810. His first studio was at 147 Lexington; the following year he moved to 155 Baltimore, where he worked from 1850-1867.
(TINTYPES) Collection of approximately 114 interesting American tintypes of fun subjects including engaging portraits, numerous occupational studies, outdoor views, musicians, children with toys, and Masonic figures. With 2 double full-plate hand painted enlargements; 6 full plates (including a sideboarded home with the family and a man atop a Penny Farthing bicycle posed outside); 7 half plates (including a light eyed Masonic man in an ornamental sash, a train conductor with his ticket book, and a copy of a carte-de-visite); 9 quarter-plates (including a hand-tinted boy and his puppy posing in a faux-outdoor scene, a father and son with their bicycles, a man on his healthy steed, and an outdoor scene of a house and carriage); 83 sixth-plates (including an apparent Native American man in headress with medals and a rifle, a young girl curtseying to the photographer, a handsome man checking his pocketwatch, a pair of pharmacists, a sharply dressed African American man, a host of occupationals, beer and whiskey drinkers, smokers, card players, salesmen, a pair of young women and their picninc basket, a fireman, and two Union soldiers outside a military tent); 7 ninth-plates and smaller (including a centrally composed image of a quaint white cottage, and a vividly hand-colored tintype medallion of a dapper young man with an affixed color matching ribbon). 1860s-90s View images of this lot.
[Cased Images] a group of seven ambrotypes consisting of a half plate portrait of two ladies in a leather case marked "Anderson & Blessing New Orleans" separated at hinges; a pair of ninth plate hand-tinted portraits of young women presented together in a resin case two sixth plate portraits one "Mary Grimshaw Duncan wife of J.K. Duncan c. 1875" accompanied by a handwritten label the other of a woman in a lace collar both in leather cases; a ninth plate portrait of a woman in a resin case and a sixteenth plate portrait of a woman lacking case.
50Pcs Hand Tinted Christ ANTIQUE HISTORICAL & MYTHOLOGICAL ENGRAVINGS Virgins Medici Mary Queen Of Scots Salon 1880 Madonna Details: This lot consists of the antique hand-tinted historical and mythological engravings shown in the corresponding images.This collection of approximately fifty antique engravings features portraits and historical scenes of European royalty, English and American countryside, and Greek and Christian mythology. Depicted are scenes of "Mary Stuart" (Act III Scene VI), the Madonna and child, Julian de Medici, and the return of the prodigal son.To inspect and acquire more detailed information about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction.Condition / Notes: These antique, hand-tinted engravings are in pleasing condition with some paper discoloration and light edge wear.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $14.50
Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of a Seated Union Officer, with hand-tinted face and trousers, in original pressed-paper/leather case, (edge tarnish, minor spiders, case split on spine).
2 pieces. ( 19th-Century Photographs. ) Hand tinted Oval Salt Print. Portraits of Yang children. Norristown, Pa. Geo. A Lenzi, photo. , ca 1850. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 190 x 130 mm. On orig. mounts. Mounts browned, photos clean & attractive.
c. 1863 Civil War Union Army Private Ambrotype Photograph in a Patriotic Case: CW Ambrotypes. Civil War Ambrotype Photograph of a Union Army Private. c. 1863 Civil War Period, Ambrotype Photograph of a Union Private, in a "Constitution and Union" Patriotic Case, Very Fine. This nice looking Ambrotype Photograph is housed in an original paper and wood case with a Patriotic vignette on its front in gold ink of a Woman carrying a Civil War period American Flag. The image is surrounded with an attractive gilt metal mat decorated with flags, cannon, and a drum design with the legend, "Constitution and Union". The soldier is shown in portrait wearing his Kepi this Ambrotype is a nice sharp image with tinted cheeks, a handsome kepi and part profile angle. Problem free save for trivial mat traces at the outer rim edge, its latch in intact and works. The cheeks have been slightly hand-tinted making this a very attractive Patriotic Ambrotype. .
Two 19th Century Portraits of Women. : Two 19th Century Portraits of Women. 1st: Small 19th century oval painting on ivory of a young girl in a brass frame 2-1/4" x 1-1/4"; 2nd: Hand tinted photo of a woman in gutta-percha frame, 2-3/4"h. x 2-1/4"w. Condition: Good with minor fading. Condition Condition: Good with minor fading.
Chester Beach (1881-1956): Head Portrait of the Artist's Grandmother Carved 2-color marble, on ebonized wood stand. Together with a hand-tinted photographic portrait and 4 cartes de visite, pressed gesso and wood frame; 13 in., 15 3/4 in. diam., 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (frame).
Quarter Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of a Seated Young Military Officer, with hand-tinted cheeks, in a dark brown "Sir Roger deCoverly and the Gypsies" (Krainik 29) Union case, (scattered spiders, minor dust). An inscription under the plate reads: "Henry D. Degen G Taken by Whipple April 23/Given to Annie M. Lloyd in the year 1857."
Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of a Young Woman, with hand-tinted face and sash on hat, in a brown "Geometric Floral" (Krainik 242) Union case, (Scattered dust and spiders).
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Gathering of 60 American celluloid buttons, comprising nudes, masonic and military scenes, occupationals and portraits. Circular, oval and rectilinear formats, many with colorful decorative backgrounds, from an overall size of 8 1/2 inches (21.5 cm.) in diameter to smaller images measuring 2 1/2 inches (6.3 cm.) long; the smaller objects have mirrors affixed to the back. 1920s
The celluloid was a popular format in which original photographs were transferred onto celluloid and mounted to a brass, typically freestanding, backing. The pictures depict auspicious and inauspicious moments--from wedding scenes to snapshots of kids in their backyard. Most of the pictures are set against decorative backgrounds, and a few are hand-tinted.
[Cased Images] a group of two hand-tinted quarter-plate daguerreotypes both marked "E. Jacobs N.O." on mat one of a young girl in a plaid dress in a velvet-lined leather case separated at hinges and a portrait of a woman in a leather case lacking the front cover.
Paul Sandby (1730-1809).Group portrait of Fanny Burney, Susan Burney, Richard Burney and Mr. Samuel Crisp. Pencil, pen, grey wash and watercolor.5 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (14 x 17 cm).Provenance: sale Christie's London, 30 March 1993, lot 41; The Rev. Edwin Harding Eland, Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin, Cuddington Vicarage; Mrs. Dorothy G. Hatswell. A previous collector has argued that this picture is by Francis Edward Burney, a Worcestershire cousin of Fanny Burney, and dates it to 1780. This note is inscribed to the verso of a hand-tinted photograph of the piece.
Grouping of three sixth plate daguerreotypes of portraits of women 1.) Portrait of seated woman at table with stack of books. Image is sealed and housed in leatherette case with separated hinge. c.1840's. 2.) Portrait of seated girl. Image is hand-colored with original seal present (broken) and housed in leatherette case with weak hinge. c.1840's. 3.) Portrait of seated woman. Image is hand-tinted with original seal present and housed in leatherette case. c.1840's. S
A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, some hand tinted, portraits of Victorian women and children. All in oval format in giltwood and/or gesso frames. Size of one, 16 in. by 20 in.
(Portrait of Unknown Man), Photo of an Unknown Woman
Brady, Matthew B.(American 1823-1896), 19th Century Photography School
Photography with hand tinting, photograph
14 x 12 inches; 9.5 x 5.5 inches
Pencil signed Brady NY lower right; Apparently unsigned
In fair condition with a tear measuring 6 inches diagonally through the lower right with some surface scartching through the mans waistcoat and some creasing in the outter margins and a small tear measuring 1 1/2 inches in the lower left, small bits of foxing in the outter margins; In good condition apart from being trimmed and possibly mounted and a small tear in the upper right measuing 1/4 of an inch;
Provenance: Allegheny College, Meadville, PA; Meadville Public Library
gold metal
20 x 16 inches
[NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY]. Ninth plate tintype featuring a man identified as Thomas Burns, or "Resting Otter." N.p., n.d. Ninth plate tintype bust portrait of a Native American man wearing a suit and with his hair braided. (Image a bit dark, with spotting to mat and preserver and streaking to hand tinting; unsealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (soiling and some wear to surface). Subject's face lightly tinted red. Ink inscriptions behind image identify the subject as Thomas Burns, or "Resting Otter," Ojibwe.
(ROCKEFELLER, John D. 1839-1937).Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of a young Rockefeller by William C. North. Cleveland, c.1858. Hand-tinting to the cheeks, under an embossed gilt metal oval mat stamped “Wm. C. North / Cleveland, O.” Contained in a velvet-lined thermoplastic case, measuring 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, 95x85 mm. Condition: Good condition, with minor speckling to the painted black areas; lacking the seal; one large and several minor chips to case edge. Provenance: Ezra Parmelee Prentice, 1863-1955 (portion of his business card laid in, with an ink inscription on verso identifying the image as a portrait of Rockefeller); Alta Rockefeller Prentice, 1871-1962; to her daughter, Mary Adeline Prentice Gilbert, 1907-1981, and her husband Benjamin Davis Gilbert, 1907-1992; the sister of the present owner.incredibly early portrait photograph of john d. rockefeller, sr. At the time of this portrait, Rockefeller was working as a bookkeeper with Hewitt & Tuttle of Cleveland. He was shortly to leave and launch his phenomenally successful career, first as a partner in Clark & Rockefeller, merchants selling on commission. He would go on to revolutionize the petroleum industry, become the first American billionaire and be calculated the richest person in the history of the world. Yet, with his wealth he also set the standard for our most generous concepts of modern philanthropy.This image was reproduced as the frontispiece to Rockefeller's memoir, Random Reminiscences of Men and Events (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909), with the caption “Mr. John D. Rockefeller at the age of eighteen.” The photographer, William C. North (1814-1890), appears regularly in Cleveland city directories from 1850 to 1859-60.The Rockefeller Archive Center holds a copy of this image on paper (presumably used to reproduce the frontispiece of Random Reminiscenses and explaining why the ambrotype was unsealed). We could not locate another example of a Rockefeller portrait from this early period ever appearing at auction.[WITH:] An Amherst College prize medal engraved by Tiffany & Co., the Second Sawyer Prize, awarded in 1882 to Ezra Parmelee Prentice; handed down in the same line of provenance as the photograph.
Pr. Giers Family Portraits and Studio Chair: 1st & 2nd items: Pair of hand tinted portrait photographs by the 19th century Nashville photographer Carl Caspar Giers (1828-1877) of his adopted son Otto Burchartz Giers (1858-1940) and adopted daughter Katherine B. "Katie" Giers Shaw (1864-1918). Both housed in carved gilt Aesthetic Movement frames with fruit, scrolling vine, leaf and cornucopia decoration, oval liners and oval mattes. Sight - 12 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed - 27 3/4" H x 22 3/4" W. Circa 1875. 3rd item: American Gothic Revival carved walnut side chair, shell carved crocketed crest, carved shield splat, carved stiles with turned finials and curved legs, purportedly used in the Giers studio. 45 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W x 16" D. Circa 1870. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee, descendant of C. C. Giers. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www. caseantiques. com) Condition 1st & 2nd items: Some toning and foxing to both photographs. Interior of glass with grime. 3rd item. Several repaired breaks to back and repairs to both lower stiles where they join the legs. Metal supports added to the back and to side of stiles.
250Pcs European Royalty Rome ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS Landscapes Portraits French Art Mythology Milton Paradise Lost Greece Turkey Hand Tinted Details: This lot consists of the antique engravings shown in the corresponding images.This collection of color and black-and-white engravings includes: -Selections from a series of hand-tinted French aristocracy portraits, including Catherine de Bourbon, Nicolas Brulart, Louis XIII, and Henri I.-Selections from a series of black-and-white engravings by J. Walker from drawings by T. Girtin, W. Turner, and others depicting the British countryside and landmarks (including Windsor, Sheffield, Matlock, Rochester, and Abernethy Tower).-Selections from a series of hand-tinted scenes from Milton's "Paradise Lost" drawn by Burney and engraved by Bromley.-Selections from a series of hand-tinted engravings depicting landmarks in Rome, including the Fountain of Trevi and St. Peter's Basilica.-Selections from a series of hand-tinted portraits of British aristocracy, including Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Egerton, Robert Cecil, and Blanch Somerset.-An antique engraving from a drawing by J. Fuhrich depicting Turkish and Greek ship's captains, priests, maidens, and others.To inspect and acquire more detailed information about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction.Condition / Notes: These items are in pleasing condition with some paper discoloration, occasional moisture markings, and light edge wear. Hand-tinting shows vividly.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $21.50
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American portrait collection with more than 115 tintypes that includes a man and woman posing in front of their house, and studies of gymnasts, artists, military portraits, tradesmen, bicyclists, theatrical performers, pretty women, children with their toys, and stogie-smoking laborers. Also includes images of male affection, caricatures, and much more. Whole-plates (5), half plates (9), quarter plates (6), and sixth plates; several are hand-tinted; 3 in half cases and 22 are framed. 1860s-1880s
A panorama of images depicting Americans of all stripes and sizes, at work and play. The tintype afforded a more casual type of iconography in which the exposure times were greatly shortened, and therefore subjects took advantage of the opportunity to be themselves. Thus, there's a playfulness associated with many of the portraits that is typified by the more obvious theatrical portraits but may also be seen in the series of images of male gymnasts, where one man is sitting in another's lap, or the altered scenes of an artist who is shown with and without a beard, which highlight the invitation to his exhibition.
Featured images include: a man on horseback, men displaying weapons, a physically challenged young woman holding a fan, musicians and their instruments, croquet players, a policeman and other occupational studies, a caricature, a post-mortem of a baby, a couple posing in a photo studio, First Communion portraits, a boy playing a drum, a clown and his dapper companions, a couple of cross-dressers, drunken revellers, a barber about to cut a client's hair, a baseball player, a chef, a house painter, a girl posing with her life-size ragdoll, bakers displaying bread, a beautifully dressed cadet, dolls holding smaller dolls, a seaman, and more.
There are multiple images of children set amidst a misshapen dark cloth (undoubtedly a mother who's casually draped in fabric and ready to calm her restless subject). Whole-plates include a dark-complexioned woman in a frilly dress, two fashionably attired young sisters, a rosy-cheeked child, and a mother and daughter, and the man and woman in front of their home. Each is hand-colored or tinted and three are in period frames.
T.J. HILEMAN (1882-1945) LAKE MCDONALD LODGE PHOTOFeatured in this lot is this Lake McDonald Lodge photograph from Pennsylvania photographer T.J. Hileman. The hand tinted photograph shows a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that shows the Lake McDonald with a resort on the left side of the lake and shows a forest at the base of a hill on the right with the dam in the center of the lake. The artist signature is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the photograph. T. J. (Tomar Jacob) Hileman (1882–1945) was an American photographer born in Manor Township, Armstrong County Pennsylvania, who is renowned for his photos of Glacier Park in Montana, and Blackfoot people. After working a while in Chicago and graduating from Effingham School of Photography there, he moved to Colorado and began to take photographs. In 1911, Hileman moved to Kalispell, Montana to open his own portrait studio. He and Alice Georgeson were the first couple to marry in Glacier National Park in 1913. Appointed the official photographer for the Great Northern Railway in 1924, Hileman took photos of Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, moving bulky camera equipment by packhorse, even at times perching on a narrow ledge to get just the right image on film. He also photographed the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton, Alberta, which was built by the railway. In 1926, Hileman opened photo-finishing labs in both Glacier Park Lodge and Many Glacier Hotel, which were convenient for tourists who could drop off their film in the evenings and pick up their prints the next morning. The condition of this this framed hand painted shows no obvious signs of damage to the photograph and shows some wear to the frame due to age. The measurements of this framed photograph is 14 1/4" x 20 1/2" and the visible photograph measures 12 3/4" x 19".
Two Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Portraits of a Union Officer and His Wife, with hand-tinted faces and gilt accents, in original pressed-paper/leather case, (edge tarnish and scattered spiders to officer).
A Group of Six Half Plate Tintype Portraits consisting of a family in a carriage; a group outdoors; a little girl with curls; two hand-tinted of women; and a young woman; five unframed the latter framed together with twenty tintype portraits of sixth plate and smaller sizes. Note : many plates cut down. (26 pcs).
[Cased Images] a group of seven ambrotypes consisting of two sixth plate hand-tinted portraits one of a woman daughter and dog the other of brothers and cat both in leather cases lacking front covers; a sixth plate hand-tinted portrait of a boy and dog lacking case; a sixth plate portrait of a man and dog in a leather case separated at hinges and three ninth plate portraits one of a girl and dog another of a dog and one of a cat all three in leather cases the latter framed.
(4) miniature hand tinted lithograph portraits on paper of young women, under gilt paper mattes, largest 3 1/4" x 3", one may be China Trade, unframed, unsigned Estimate $80-160
M & E .Hall-A hand tinted miniature portrait of Mrs John Harvey Botcher, wearing a lace bonnet, on a photographic base, oval, 6.3 x 5cm, in a white metal frame, together with a small collection of similar family photographs, and various other items, ( a lot). Plus Vat on hammer price
[Cased Images] a group of three daguerreotypes consisting of a hand-tinted quarter plate portrait of a woman with child in a velvet-lined resin case; a sixteenth plate portrait of a gentleman and a sixteenth plate portrait of a young child both in leather cases.
Two Quarter Plate Ambrotype Portraits of a Union Officer and His Wife, hand-tinted and gilded, with a note reading "Father & Mother- Taken just --- --- was leaving for War-1861. Mother was sad to think he was going - NHL", mounted together in a black "Scroll" (Krainik 75) Union case. An inscription under the glass reads: "To our children 1861 Ramapo Valley N.Y."
CHESTER BEACH (1881-1956): HEAD PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S GRANDMOTHER Carved 2-color marble, on ebonized wood stand, together with a hand-tinted photographic portrait and 4 cartes de visite, pressed gesso and wood frame; 13 in., 15 3/4 in. diam., 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (frame).
Etienne Drian (1885-1961)
Portrait of a girl
Signed and numbered 141/150
Hand tinted etching, unframed
46 x 37cm; 18 x 14½in (plate size)
A faint line above her head, very minor blemishes, laid down.
2 PIECE FEMALE LAPLANDER & MAN DAGUERREOTYPES: To include 1) Hand tinted portrait of a seated Laplander woman in full dress. Gilt frame. 3 1/8'' x 2 1/4'' in frame. 2) Faint portrait of man in finery engraved gilt oval frame. 2 3/4'' x 2 1/4''.
Three 19th century photographic portrait plates, cameo brooch, opera glasses, and vintage jewel boxes (empty), together with a hand tinted miniature oval portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire
IMPORTANT LOT OF CUSTER PHOTOGRAPHS. This lot consists of fifteen original early photographs of or related to George Armstrong Custer. A photocopy of a letter from Larry Wilson accompanies this lot, and it traces the provenance of the photos directly back to the Custer family, from which it was acquired in the 1960s. It was originally sold out of the family with Custer’s fabulous cased pair of Tiffany-decorated S&W pistols, which now reside in the Autrey Museum of Western Heritage. Accompanying this lot is a two-page letter from Larry Wilson dated July 11, 2004 wherein he states that this collection of photographs and the above mentioned Smith & Wesson revolvers were purchased by the late John Solley and stored the entire lot in Mr. Wilson’s vault until the revolvers were sold to King Hussein of Jordan’s trust. At that time, the photographs and other items from the Solley collection, were sold elsewhere. The photos are: 1) CDV of Custer in classic pose in uniform of a Major General. The back has a pencil notation "Custer" and also an Internal Revenue 2¢ stamp dated Goldin & Co, June 27, 1865, Washington, D.C. - Fine. 2) CDV of Custer in uniform wearing a cape with fur collar with six other general officers including Sheridan. - Fine. 3) A stereoptic viewer card of Custer in buckskins holding a rifle posed with a huge grizzly bear, two Caucasian hunters and an Indian holding a Sharps carbine. Card is marked "Lovejoy and Foster, Chicago, Ill." - Yellowed but fine. 4) A 8" x 10" print with oval image of young Custer in the West Point uniform. - Yellowed with water stain in the upper left corner, not on Custer's image. Gelatin silver print photograph - copy of daguerreotype taken circa 1858. 5) Fine cabinet card of Custer in buckskins and mid-calf boots wearing a foraging cap holding a Springfield pre-Officer's Model Trapdoor rifle in a studio posed picture. It is an oval image 6-1/2" x 4-1/2", stamped on the picture and the cardboard frame "BARRY" and signed "Barry / Phila" in white ink just behind Custer's image. - Very fine, slightly yellowed. 6) An 8-3/8" x 6-1/8" vertical image of Custer in buckskins wearing a Hardee-type hat seated on the ground with a Remington Rolling Block Sporting rifle that has a short heavy barrel. His right hand is holding the antler of a large bull elk. There appear to be tent guide ropes in the background. - Extremely fine, sepia toned, sharp image wet-plate albumin photograph. 7) Matching photographs of Libby and George Custer that have 6-3/8" x 4-3/8" images mounted in original Barry cardboard frames. Both photographs and frames are stamped Barry. The backs of the frames have Barry's paper stamp in the upper left corner and have pencil notations "Gen Custer" and "Mrs. Custer". - Both photographs are glossy, slightly toned with sharp images. 8) A hand tinted cabinet card of a young Libby Custer with 4-3/4" x 3-1/2" oval image of Mrs. Custer with elaborate hairdo, a scarf around her shoulder, and a mantilla on her hair with a heavy chain and cross around her neck. The bottom of the card is marked "Cabinet Portrait W.W. Washburn, New Orleans, LA". It has the printed signature and 113 Canal Street of Washburn. - Slightly toned but fine. 9) A 8-13/16" x 5-3/4" horizontal image of an Army camp scene with several rows of tents, wagons, horses and an ambulance. Apparently camped near a waterhole somewhere on the prairie. - Yellowed but with clear image. Wet plate albumen photgraph in oval mat. 10) Two 8" x 10" card weight photos, one with 7-1/8" x 5-1/8" vertical image of a bay window with numerous house plants, a Victorian chair, a birdcage, and a guitar with heavy drapes surrounding. Marked on the back "Bay window in quarters of General Custer at Fort A. Lincoln D.T." The other has a 7-3/4" x 6" horizontal image of the same room with numerous items of furniture including a parlor grand piano, fireplace with statuary, a harp, a table and sideboard, a large antelope head, and a three lamp chandelier. Marked on the back "Mrs. Custer's house, Fort Lincoln D.T." - Both photos slightly yellow but good images. Wet plate albumen photographs, probably from photographer O.S. Goff. 11) A cabinet card by D.F. Barry of a chubby Indian man with breechcloth, long braids, and an eagle feather in his hair with a large cross and abalone shell decoration around his neck. He is studio posed with a sea shore backdrop. The bottom edge of the image is stamped "Chief Gall" copyrighted by D.F. Berry, West Superior, Wisconsin. - Slightly yellowed but fine. 12) Cabinet card of Custer’s father Emmanuel in a 3-pc suit with white shirt wearing a long white beard. It bears the company name of C.W. Hills, Monroe, Michigan. - Slightly yellowed but fine, image a little faint. 13) Large photograph, 8" x 10" with 8-3/4" x 6-1/2" horizontal image of Emmanuel Custer in his suit wearing a top hat, gauntlets and spurs sitting in the saddle of Custer's famous battle horse Dandy. Dandy had been injured in a previous cavalry charge and was unable to serve at the Little Big Horn so he survived his Indian Wars service. He was returned to the Custer family home, where he lived the rest of his life. The saddle blanket is definitely a 7th Cavalry item with light color border and a darker interior with a metal "7" in the rear corner. Emmanuel and Dandy are posed in front of a clapboard house with covered porch, shaded by ivy and a pine tree, presumably the Custer family home. - Fine, slightly yellowed with chipped corners and small water stain not effecting the image. This is a fabulous lot of photos Custer traceable directly back to the Custer family. 4-53319 (50,000-65,000)
Quarter Plate Ambrotype Portrait of a Little Girl Wearing a Blue Dress, with hand-tinted cheeks, dress and tablecloth, and gilt necklace, in a "Scroll with Gilt Cruciform" Littlefield and Parsons & Co., Union case, (minor dark specks).
Archive of ambrotypes, tintypes, dags, silhouettes and miniature portraits: Group of early photographs of people, all believed to have some relation to the Davis-Hicks-Giers family of Nashville, but none positively identified. Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, silhouettes, and miniature portraits. Includes a 6" x 4 3/4" union case with four 1/8th plate photos of members of a family; small leatherbound album with sixth plate daguerreotype of a young man on cover, blank pages inside; 11 sixth-plate size images of 4 women (2 are holding babies), 5 men (1 man is represented twice), and 1 toddler and 1 teenage girl (both hand tinted) ; 2 eighth-plate images of children; 2 tintypes of people posed in bathing suits, 3 1/2" x 2 1/8", and 1 CDV of a young woman in plaid dress (Giers label verso). There is also a photographic print on porcelain or opaque white glass of a woman in mantilla and off the shoulders dress, (tentatively identified as Ida Hamilton Thruston), 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" (sight). Also included is a gilt metal portrait brooch with 2 revolving images of a bearded man (2" x 1 3/4" overall), an unframed watercolor on paper miniature portrait of a man with extraordinary sideburns 2 3/8" x 1 7/8"; 1 watercolor on paper portrait of a woman in circa 1860 plaid dress seated at a table with vase of flowers, 5" x 3 1/2", in contemporary fan shaped frame 9" x 8"; 1 empty eighth plate union case; and 2 silhouettes of men in waistcoats and jackets, ink on paper, each with decorative border in an antique giltwood molded frame, both with illegible writing en verso; one says Giers; 6 1/2" x 5 1/2". Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www. caseantiques. com) Condition Family photo - case covers separated, father's photo has slipped in frame, some with deterioration around edges. Sixth plate images have scattered degradation, especially image of dark haired bearded man on face, and young man on notebook cover. Tintypes have some abrasions, especially at edges. Image of woman on opaque white glass has spot of discoloration on shoulder. 1 silhouette has staining to upper image, both have wear to frames. Most sixth plate photos lack covers to their cases and two do not have cases at all.
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Group of 4 elegant portraits, comprising a beautiful whole-plate ruby ambrotype of a pretty young girl in an off-the-shoulder dress, delicately hand-tinted and with gilt highlighting (with 3 tax revenue stamps affixed to verso); and 3 daguerreian images, including a 1/2 plate of a husband and wife and another depicting a large family with 6 children, and an oversize 3/4 plate portrait of a bearded man; the first 3 in leather cases. 1850s-1864
[Cased Images] a group of six ambrotypes consisting of a quarter plate portrait of three sisters in a leather case lacking front cover; a sixth plate hand-tinted portrait of a young couple in a leather case; two half plate portraits of young children one in a leather case separated at hinges the other lacking case and two sixteenth plate portraits of toddlers both in leather cases one lacking front cover.
100Pcs Botanical Plates ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS & LITHOGRAPHS Zoological Hand Colored Columbus Roman Catholicism Military Portraits Details: This lot consists of the antique engravings and lithographs shown in the corresponding images.This art collection features botanical and zoological plates, historical scenes (including the landing of Columbus in 1492), hand-tinted American landscapes, and religious iconography. Artists include Wilkie, Sully, Wright, and others.To inspect and acquire more detailed information about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction.Condition / Notes: These items are in pleasing condition with some paper discoloration and light edge wear. Hand and machine coloring remains vivid.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $17.50
THREE FRAMED ENGRAVINGS. After compositions by Joseph Nash (English 1808-1878). Signed in the plate ''J Nash''. Each in matching gilt frames with verre eglomise matting and hand tinting. Hall Franks Kent and a print depicting a woman seated in a great hall hung with portraits. Together with ''Hall Compton Wynate Warwickshire''. Frames 18 1/2'' h. 22 1/2'' w. H Not examined out of frame. Eglomise with some losses. Prints with some surface wear and losses.
New York State ANTIQUE ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHS Cabinet Cards CDV Silhouette Carte De Vistes Hand Details: This lot consists of the antique estate photographs shown in the corresponding images.Most of these items are from New York State and include cabinet cards, tintypes, silhouette cabinet cards, and carte de vistes. There are portraits and family photographs, scenes from a Victorian day at the beach, and images of logging and steamships. One photograph, from the Winnipeg (Canada) First Flying Club, is of Miss Eileen Magill, first Aviatrix. Items of note include a hand-tinted tintype and a photograph of a couple liked to the Austro-Hungarian court (K.u.K. Hof-Photograph appears on verso), inscribed to child prodigy Willem Willeke, who played both the cello and piano, and performed with major European orchestras in the first decade of the 20th century. Photo is signed "Olga/Rudolf Wien 25. (illegible month) 1906."To inspect and acquire more detailed information about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction.Condition / Notes: These items generally show well with some age/wear indications concentrated at the extremities.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $8.50
Sixth Plate Ambrotype Portrait of a Union Zouave Soldier, with hand-tinted hat and shirt, in a black "Union and Constitution" and 'The Nesting Birds" (Krainik 110, 168) Union case, (scattered specks of oxidation).
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Handsome half-plate daguerreian portrait of an armed Scotsman posing with a sabre, his feathered military hat on the table to his right; hand-tinted with gilt highlights; in a marble frame. 1850s
6 pieces. American 19th-Century Photographs: Ambrotype. Man on horseback in English saddle, oval quarter plate. Period stamped tin framed, glass cracked. * Ambrotype. Hand-tinted portrait of a bearded man, oval sixth plate. Period stamped tin frame. * 4 Carte-de-Visite portraits, incl. 3 Brady's National Portrait Gallery subjects, together in modern frame.
Mid-19th C. - 1920's photo albums and photo-related ephemera: German photo album, cottage mill and metallic colored lilies depicted on celluloid cover, red velvet spine, containing 20+ cartes de visite, front cover cracking and peeling, toning and foxing of pages, loss to back UL corner, 10 1/2" h.; four small pressed leather photo albums, two of four containing cartes de visites and tintypes, three with double clasps, some worn binding, average size 6 1/4" h.; 20+ loose cardboard portrait cartes de visites and one tintype from late 19th C. photo studios located in VT, NH, MA, CA, and MO; Victorian cardboard photo album with five detached pages; book form double picture frame containing two hand-tinted photos of women.