AA18. Elliott & Fry, London. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888). Noted English poet and critic. CDV. Two corners chipped. VG. $25
AA29. Pierre Petit, Paris. Alphonse Carr (1808-1890). French philosopher, journalist, and writer. He wrote “The more things change, the more things stay the same.” CDV. VG. $25
AA59. Elliott and Fry, London. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). Great English poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA109. Sarony, NY. Cabinet Card of Josh Billings, the pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885). VG. $125
AA122. E&HT Anthony. Victor Hugo (1802-1885). French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, statesman, etc. CDV. VG. $125
AA128. D. Appleton & Co., NY. Charles Mackay (1814-1889), Scottish poet, journalist and song writer. Wrote Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds in 1841. CDV. VG. $75
AA134. Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E&HT Anthony. George Dennison Prentice was the editor of the Louisville Journal, which he built into a major newspaper. He attracted readers by satire as well as exaggerated reporting and support of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s. His writing was said to contribute to rabid anti-Catholic and anti-foreigner sentiment, and a riot in 1855. During the Civil War, he created and wrote about a fictional guerrilla “Sue Mundy,” whose activities he used to taunt the Union military commander of the state. CDV. VG. $125
AA155. Wm. H. Guild, Jr. Fanny Fern. Sara Willis Parton (1811-1872); American writer, 1st woman to have a regular newspaper column (NY Ledger); highest paid columnist in the US in 1855. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. Trimmed at bottom. G. $200
AA160. Warren’s Portraits, Boston. William Taylor Adams, aka Oliver Optic. William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822 – March 27, 1897), pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $125
AA161. Gurney & Son, NY. James Parton. James Parton (February 9, 1822 – October 17, 1891) was an English-born American biographer who wrote books on the lives of Horace Greeley, Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Voltaire. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $125
AA164. Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. G. $65
AA165. Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $65
AA166. Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $65
AA171. Warren’s Portraits, Boston. Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879), an American writer of children’s books. He wrote over 200 books. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. G. $30
AA196. Benque, Paris. Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels. Chipped corner top right. Cabinet Card. G. $75
AA200. Photographic negative from Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E&HT Anthony. John Godfrey Saxe I (June 2, 1816 – March 31, 1887) was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable “The Blind Men and the Elephant,” which introduced the story to a Western audience. He also said “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.” Trimmed at bottom. CDV. G. $85
AA210. C.D. Fredricks & Co., NY. William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. E. $85
AA211. Starr, [Philadelphia]. Interesting CDV by Starr of Richard Harding Davis dressed as a tough. Showing how he disguised himself to get a story. Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century. G. $75
AA215. Photographie Delphin E. Montastier. Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories. Cabinet Card. Corner chip o/w VG. $25
AA229. J. Gurney & Sons, NY. George Bancroft (1800-1891), American historian. CDV. VG. $45
AA232. Edmund Hodgson Yates(3 July 1831 – 20 May 1894) was a British journalist, novelist and dramatist. CDV. G. $20
AA233. E&HT Anthony, NY. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English novelist. CDV. VG. $125
AA234. Parke Godwin (1816-1904), American journalist and author. Trimmed at bottom. CDV. G. $25
AA235. James G. Bennett (1841-1918), American editor, N.Y. Herald, son of J.G. Bennett, Sr. Trimmed at bottom. CDV. G. $25
AA240. Mora, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878), American poet and editor. CDV. VG. $85
AA242. Sarony, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878), American poet and editor. Trimmed. CDV. G. $45
AA243. J. Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), American historian. CDV. VG. $35
AA245. Sarony, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878) and Peter Cooper (1791-1883), American poet and American philanthropist. CDV. VG. $125
AA246. Gurney, NY. Bret Harte (1836-1902), American author. Trimmed. CDV. $45
AA250. Warren, Boston. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA252. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $45
AA253. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $45
AA254. J.W. Black, Boston. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA255. Black, Boston. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA256. David Ross Locke aka Petroleum V. Nasby (1833-1888), American editor & publisher. On thin mount. Trimmed. CDV. G. $65
AA258. G.L. Hurd, Providence, R.I. David Ross Locke, aka Petroleum Nasby (1833-1888), editor & publisher. CDV. VG. $75
AA261. [Black, Boston]. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. On thin mount. CDV. VG. $65
AA262. Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. CDV. VG. $75
AA263. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. CDV. VG. $65
AA264. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. CDV. VG. $75
36 CDVs in Album. CDV Album with 36 CDVs (12 Authors, 9 Musicians, 4 Artists and 11 Actors). The album has been put together so the inscription page is not related to all the images that are now in this album. Many great photographers are represented in this collection, including Brady, Gurney, CD Fredricks, Disderi, Mora, Petit, etc. The images are shown twice above, once front and back out of the album and then again inside the album. Here is a list of all of the images in the album:
Gurney, NY. Fanny Fern. Sara Willis Parton (1811-1872); American writer, 1st woman to have a regular newspaper column (NY Ledger); highest paid columnist in the US in 1855. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. Trimmed at bottom.
Photographic Negative from Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E. Anthony, NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC.
Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York & Washington, DC. Walt Whitman, poet. The apocryphal tale about Whitman is written on verso: “was a hack driver in 1861 he drove Abe Lincoln to the Astor House in his open hack in 1861.” [never happened!].
Ashford, Brothers & Co., London. Charles Dickens.
Warren, Boston. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American clergyman, essayist, and poet.
Sarony, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878), American poet and editor.
Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston. J. Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), American historian.
Warren, Boston. Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), American author. Wrote “The Man without a Country.”
Williams & Everett, Boston. Frances Appleton Longfellow, second wife of Henry W. Longfellow.
Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet.
Henry W. Shaw, aka Josh Billings (1818-1885), American humorist. On thin mount.
Sarony, NY. David Ross Locke aka Petroleum V. Nasby (1833-1888), American editor & publisher. On thin mount.
Disderi, Paris. Rosa Bonheur, born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, (16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French artist, an animalière (painter of animals) and sculptor, known for her artistic realism. Her most well-known paintings are Ploughing in the Nivernais, first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1848, and now at Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and The Horse Fair (in French: Le marché aux chevaux), which was exhibited at the Salon of 1853 (finished in 1855) and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City. Bonheur was widely considered to be the most famous female painter during the nineteenth century.
Pierre Petit, Paris. Thomas Couture (21 December 1815 – 30 March 1879) was a French history painter and teacher. He taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre.
No ID. Charles Loring Elliott (1812–1868) was an American painter known for his portraits. He was active in central New York for 10 years as a young man, then in 1845 moved to New York City to pursue his career. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1846.
Jerome & McGlashan’s Sunlight Picture Rooms, Syracuse, N.Y. Sanford Thayer (7/19/20-11/15/80). American artist known for his portraits and Adirondack painted scenes. When Sanford was about seventeen years of age he gained employment at a wagon shop in Skaneateles, New York, where he joined artist Charles Elliot painting backs of sleighs. Inscribed on verso to someone, partially clipped at top, “Compliments of S. Thayer, Syracuse.” Sanford is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse in an unmarked grave. CDV, trimmed.
No ID. Image of a man and his violin. Image has been trimmed around margins.
Wm. M. Jones, Scott, NY. Scott Orchestra. Dr. Babcock, Oscar Scott, Dr. Hutchings, Watson Black, Father Hamilton Whiting. The seated man at left is playing a flutina, predecessor to the modern accordion.
M. Ormsbee, NY. CDV of the Boston Music Hall Organ installed in 1863, built by Walcken of Wurtemberg, Germany.
Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston. Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces. He was a precocious composer of operas, and he made his debut at age 18 with La cambiale di matrimonio. His best-known operas include the Italian comedies The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia), The Italian Girl in Algiers (L’italiana in Algeri), and Cinderella (La Cenerentola). He also wrote a string of serious operas in Italian, including works such as Tancredi, Otello, and Semiramide. The Thieving Magpie (La gazza ladra) features one of his most celebrated overtures. Rossini moved to Paris in 1824 where he began to set French librettos to music. His last opera was the epic William Tell (Guillaume Tell), featuring its iconic overture which helped to usher in grand opera in France. A tendency for inspired, song-like melodies is evident throughout his scores, which earned him the nickname “the Italian Mozart.” He was a rapid and prolific composer, quoted as joking, “Give me the laundress’ bill and I will even set that to music.” He also earned the nickname “Signor Crescendo” for his use of an exciting buildup of orchestral sound over a repeated phrase, which is now commonly known as a “Rossini crescendo”. Until his retirement in 1829, Rossini had been the most popular opera composer in history.
Disderi, Paris. Marietta Alboni (6 March 1826 – 23 June 1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. She is considered as one of the greatest contraltos in operatic history.
Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Adelaide Ristori (29 January 1822 – 9 October 1906) was a distinguished Italian tragedienne, who was often referred to as the Marquise.
Disderi, Paris. Giovanni Matteo De Candia, also known as Mario (17 October 1810 – 11 December 1883), was an Italian opera singer. The most celebrated tenor of his era, he was lionized by audiences in Paris and London. He was the partner of the opera singer Giulia Grisi. Trimmed at bottom.
Mora, NY. Thérèse Carolina Johanne Alexandra Tietjens (17 July 1831, Hamburg – 3 October 1877, London) was a leading opera and oratorio soprano. She made her career chiefly in London during the 1860s and 1870s, but her sequence of musical triumphs in the British capital was terminated by cancer. During her prime, her powerful yet agile voice was said to span seamlessly a range of three octaves. Many opera historians consider her to have been the finest dramatic soprano of the second half of the 19th century.
Jas. M. Dow, Ogdensburgh, NY. Man with guitar with two younger people, woman at left holding a book.
Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. John Lester Wallack (1820-1888), actor and manager. Managed the second Wallack’s Theater in NY and opened the third. Trimmed.
Photographic negative from Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E&HT Anthony, NY. Edwin Forrest (1806-1872). Well-known American actor. Corners clipped.
J. Gurney & Son, NY. Mrs. John Wood, born Matilda Charlotte Vining (1831-1915); English actress and theatre manager. CDV trimmed at bottom.
Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Agnes Kelly Robertson (1833-1916). Actress, adopted daughter of Charles Keen.
J. Gurney & Son, NY. Daniel Webster Bryant (1833-1875). Famous negro minstrel, member of “Sable Hamonists,” “Bryant’s Minstrels.” Manager as well.
Photographic negative from Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E. Anthony, NY. Mrs. J.H. Allen, actress. CDV trimmed at bottom.
J. Gurney & Son, NY. John Nunan (1832-1870); Irish actor and comedian at Niblo’s Gardens, NY. CDV trimmed at bottom.
J. Gurney & Son, NY. Livingston R. Shewell (1833-1873), actor. CDV trimmed at bottom.
T.R. Burnham, Boston. Edwin Forrest (1806-1872). Well-known American actor.
Mora, NY. Harry Hunter as the Lone Fisherman in Evangeline.
Allen, Boston. 19th century actor H.W. Johnson. I have not found anything on this gentleman but he came with a collection of images of 19th century celebrities.
G-VG. $1500