Two photograph albums and loose photographs found in them. All the photographs are portraits, of Alfred Tennyson, Henry Taylor, Charles Darwin, Holman Hunt, Thomas Hughes, W. G. Palgrave, G. F. Watts, family members Julia Duckworth Stephen and May Prinsep, as well as neighbors and servants on the Isle of Wight. Accompanied by several photogravures of Alfred Tennyson printed after his death.
Description:
Accompanied by a container list., Bound in 3/4 green calf., Julia Margaret Cameron, early English portrait photographer., and Title taken from album covers.
Subject (Name):
Prinsep, May--Portraits, Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1800-1886--Portraits, and Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892--Portraits
Daguerreotype of an unidentified woman, taken by Glenalvin J. Goodridge, York, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s. Image depicts an elderly white woman dressed in a satin dress, white bonnet, and fingerless lace gloves. Photograph is housed in an embossed leather case with clasps and a red velvet insert facing the image
Description:
Glenalvin J. Goodridge (1829-1867) was an African American studio photographer. He opened his studio in York, Pennsylvania in 1847 and specialized in daguerrotypes and ambrotypes., Text in English., Title devised by cataloger., Place of creation from photographer's name cut into red velvet insert: "J. Goodridge, York, Pa."., and Date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Pennsylvania, York., United States, and York
Subject (Name):
Goodridge, Glenalvin J., 1829-1867.
Subject (Topic):
African American photographers, Photographers, and Women
In ink on verso: Amos Parker Wilder / Wu Ting Fang / Hongkong December 1907., In pencil on verso: [Chinese characters]., Inscription in ink on recto: May the two nations we represent / remain friends forever. / Washington D.C. Wu Ting Fang / April 4" 1908., and Photographer's imprint on recto.
Subject (Name):
Wilder, Amos Parker, 1862- and Wu, Tingfang, 1842-1922