Antique Victorian 19th Century Tintype cabinet cards - cartes de visitePhotograph Album with 19 Portraits – Green Velvet Cover & Ornate Brass Clasp
An attractive antique Victorian-era miniature photograph album, likely dating to the late 19th century, approximately 1860s–1890s.
The album features a decorative green fabric-covered binding with embossed ornamental designs, an oval color illustration of a young child holding a dog on the front cover, and an ornate brass-tone metal clasp.
Inside are antique photographic portraits mounted in decorative cream-colored album pages with purple double-line borders. The photographs appear to include tintypes (ferrotypes), a popular 19th-century photographic process producing direct positive images on thin metal sheets.
The visible portraits depict Victorian-era men, women, and children in period clothing, including a gentleman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a cigar, children in formal attire, and a woman wearing an elaborate bonnet.
Details:
Period: Victorian era, late 19th century
Type: Antique miniature photograph album
Photographs: 19 photographs according to the accompanying inventory label; count not independently verified
Photographic process: Appears to include original tintypes
Cover: Green textured fabric with embossed decoration
Front illustration: Color portrait of a child with a dog
Closure: Decorative brass-tone clasp
Interior: Cream album pages with purple ornamental borders
Subject matter: Victorian family portraits, children, women, gentlemen, period fashion
Condition: Antique condition with significant age-related wear. The green cover shows fading, rubbing, fraying, and losses along the edges and corners. The binding and spine show wear. Interior pages exhibit discoloration, foxing, stains, and occasional tears. Photographs display surface scratches, marks, and age-related imperfections. Please examine all photographs carefully.
A charming piece of early photographic history, suitable for collectors of Victorian photography, antique tintypes, 19th-century family albums, historical portraits, and early photographic memorabilia.
Inventory Number: L18-2
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