[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 75 CDVs & cabinet cards of 19th century actors & other personalities.

Includes approx. 26 CDVs of American and European subjects, mostly actors and actresses, 4 of which are affixed to cabinet card-sized mounts. Many of the portraits are credited to New York photographers Sarony, Gurney, and Mora (toning, occasional soiling, many with trimmed edges). Highlighted subjects include: Minnie Cummings. -- Elise Holt. -- Kate Field. -- Rose Coghlan. -- Helena Modjeska. -- Kate Girard. -- Clarence P. Dresser. -- Harry Beckett.

[With:] Approx. 49 cabinet cards of American and European subjects, mostly actors, actresses, singers, and other personalities. Many of the portraits are credited to New York photographers Sarony and Mora (toning, occasional soiling, edge and corner wear to mounts). Highlighted subjects include: Lillian Russell. -- Louisa Lane Drew. -- Henry Irving. -- Charlotte Saunders Cushman. -- Mary Anderson. -- Clara Louise Kellogg. -- Francis Carlisle. -- Ada Rehan. -- Josephine Hall. -- Viola Allen. -- Junius Brutus Booth by Brady, Washington, DC. -- Edwin Booth. -- Lillie Langtry. -- Chauncey Olcott. -- John and Mariah Mertz, little people and circus performers. -- 4 photographs of an actor dressed as a member of the clergy, each by Fowler, Evanston, IL. -- Glass slide showing Lillian Russell along 5th Avenue in the 1890s, 4 x 3 1/4 in.

Together, 75 images and one glass slide, most featuring portraits of mid-to-late 19th century performers. Condition generally good.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.