[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 20+ photographs of 19th century politicians, abolitionists, & authors.

Henry Ward Beecher. New York: Rockwood, n.d. 4 x 6 in. photograph on 10 x 12 in. cardstock mount (toning to print and mount; mount with occasional spotting, chipping to edges).

[With:] CDVs of the following subjects: John Wilkes Booth. Uncredited. -- George Washington. Uncredited. -- Martha Washington. Philadelphia: McAllister & Brother. -- Robert Browning. New York: Brady, Anthony. -- Washington and Lincoln (Apotheosis). -- Charles Sumner. New York: Brady, Anthony. -- Robert Browning. Boston: Williams & Everett. -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning. New York: Anthony (horizontal crease in lower portion of print and mount). -- William Ellery Channing. Boston: H.G. Smith. -- Rosa Bonheur. Uncredited. -- Napoleon Bonaparte. Uncredited. -- CDV of a seated subject with copy of Brady label affixed to mount verso with incorrect identification.

[With:] Cabinet cards of the following subjects: William Cullen Bryant, George Bancroft, Bayard Taylor, and George H. Baker. Washington, DC: Brady, n.d. Subject's facsimile signatures in lower margin. Brady's copyright in negative and imprint on verso (toning to print; edge wear to mount). -- John A. Logan. Promotion Logan for President in 1884, with printed details on verso. Accompanied by card signed ("John A. Logan." -- Rutherford B. Hayes. Washington, DC: James Landy, 1877 (edge wear to mount). -- Lilly Langtry. Uncredited. -- 5 tintypes and 1 cabinet card of unidentified subjects.

Together, more than 20 photographs, including many identified subjects. Condition generally good with toning, occasional soiling/spotting, edge and corner wear to mounts.

Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”