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"Longfellow Children."
Image of three young girls embracing one another. Photo from painting or engraving. White mount with "Longfellow Children" inscribed on verso in pencil.
GLC06391.08
1864 ca.
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
[Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]
Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to...
GLC02909
circa 1878
Bradley & Rulofson.
[Cabinet photograph of Joshua Abraham Norton]
Signed "Emperor Norton." Three-quarter profile photograph of a seated Norton. He is wearing an officer's uniform.
GLC02729.01
no date
[Carte de visite of William Shakespeare]
William Shakespeare, carte de visite made from steel engraving. Albumen print. Inscribed: "A[aron]. Jeffery / Richmond / E.R.A. [Edward R. Archer]"
GLC01896.198
1864 February
[Carte de visite portraits of Lincoln and son Tad]
Photograph of Lincoln looking at a book with Tad. Variant of O-93 (looks like "bible" variant listed by Ostendorf p. 183 but with more vignette and cropping into an oval) with Brady imprint on mount and on verso.
GLC02911.01
1867-1884 ca.
Rogers
[Harriet Beecher Stowe's winter home]
Cabinet card showing the winter home of the Stowes with four people sitting on the front lawn, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband, Professor Calvin Stowe. Inscription on verso states the house has been torn down. Inscribed "For my...
GLC01584.02
1870-1880 ca.
Hastings (fl. 1880)
[Harriet Beecher Stowe]
Side profile image of Stowe as an older woman. Signed by Stowe beneath the image. Photographed by Hastings. "Dunbar" is written in the upper-left corner.
GLC01584.03
30 June 1895
Sarony, Napoleon (1821-1896)
[Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe]
One portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe taken by Sarony dated June 30, 1895. Inscribed to Frank Leonard. Signed twice, recto and verso after an excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin.
GLC01091
1860 ca.
Whipple, John Adams (1822-1891)
[R.W. Emerson]
Carte de visite bust portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Note by previous owner on verso: "1803-1882 t[aken] @ [age] 58 = 1861."
GLC05141
1859
[Ralph Waldon Emerson photgravure].
Accompanies verse by Emerson (GLC05508.098.01).
GLC05508.098.02
1865 ca.
Album of 200 cartes de visite, most by Brady. [word processed inventory available]
Album with "A.A." initials embossed on front knob. Includes images of Lincoln, Mary Lincoln (2), Lincoln's Cabinet, generals, writers, freed slaves, prisoners of war, Confederate leaders, etc. Lacks one clasp. Due to album's fragility, pages...
GLC04609
D. Appleton & Co.
Bryant, W[illia]m Cullen.
Photograph by A.A. Turner. ; Appleton imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Half length seated portrait of Bryant as an old man. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.33
Charles Taber & Co.
Burns, Robert.
With Taber imprint on verso. Identification printed on verso. Vignette bust portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount .
GLC06391.35
1874 ca.
Warren's Portraits
Cabinet card photograph by Warren's Portraits, 3/4 seated
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, three-quarter length portrait, seated. Notes from collector inscribed on verso.
GLC05142
1872/09/23
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
Carte de visite 3/4 profile, half-length portrait, by Sarony, with AQS on verso
With a short quotation from his own poetry on verso: "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again...."
GLC05596.04
1861 ca.
Carte de visite half length standing portrait of James R. Lowell by Warren
Shows the poet standing with his hand draped over the top of a chair, holding his hat, and wearing a substantial beard.
GLC05596.14
Carte de visite of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Half length seated portrait of an older man in civilian dress, facing proper left. White mount.
GLC06391.09
Carte de visite of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Three quarter length standing portrait of a middle aged man in civilian dress. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.12
Halleck, Fitz-Greene.
Photograph by A.A. Turner. Appleton imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Vignette bust portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.18
1880 ca.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Heavily vignetted profile portrait of Stowe as an older woman. Signed on mount.
GLC07093
1862
Anthony, Edward (1819-1888)
Irving, Washington.
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Half length seated portrait. [Photograph from painting or engraving.?] White mount with red border
GLC06391.17
J.E. Tilton & Co.
Lowell, James Russell.
Tilton imprint on recto. Identified in ink on verso. Vignette half length seated portrait, holding cane. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.19
1892 March 18
Oliver Wendell Holmes
GLC06631.04
1870
Ward, J.Q.A.
Photograph: Central Park statue of Shakespeare [bronze].
GLC06343.279
Portrait photo of Harriet Beecher Stowe [cabinet card]
The image shows Harriet Beecher Stowe seated, wearing a black dress and holding her pince-nez. Inscription on image: "Sarony 37 Union Square, N.Y." Inscription on verso: "H. B. Stowe."
GLC05111.01.1319
Portrait photo of N. P. Willis [cabinet card]
Portrait of N. P. Willis seated with a cane and looking directly at the camera. Inscription on recto: "Rockwood 17 Union Square (West) N.Y." Inscriptions on verso: "N. P. Willis" and "Rockwood Photographer 17 Union Square (West) N.Y. 1890."
GLC05111.01.1335
1850s?
Porter, Noah
Quarter plate daguerreotype in original gilt decorated leather case
A 1/4 plate daguerreotype. Youthful bust-length pose in academic robes. Porter was the president of Yale 1871-1886 and previously edited Webster's American Dictionary after the death of Chauncey Goodrich.
GLC06184
1861-1865 ca.
Ward, Artemus (1834-1867)
Seated, half-length view
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.
GLC05137.233
Seated, half-length view (copy 2)
GLC05137.234
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