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Background imageVisite Collection: Victorian gardener with watering can, Chelmsford

Victorian gardener with watering can, Chelmsford
Studio portrait of a Victorian gardener with watering can, Chelmsford. circa 1860s

Background imageVisite Collection: Princess Alice of Great Britain & Grand Duke Louis of Hesse

Princess Alice of Great Britain & Grand Duke Louis of Hesse
Princess Alice (1843-1878), third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pictured here around the time of her marriage with her husband Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt

Background imageVisite Collection: Boys Brigade Member posing with rifle

Boys Brigade Member posing with rifle
Boys Brigade Member in distinctive uniform and cap - posing with rifle and wearing a silver cross medal

Background imageVisite Collection: Studio portrait, Captain & Mrs Crabtree

Studio portrait, Captain & Mrs Crabtree, at the time of the American Civil War. 1864

Background imageVisite Collection: Eliz Gaskell / C De Visite

Eliz Gaskell / C De Visite
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Writer

Background imageVisite Collection: Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) - Scottish writer

Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) - Scottish writer, her husband was the essayist Thomas Carlyle. Date: circa 1860

Background imageVisite Collection: Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) - British historian

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) - British historian, satirical writer, essayist, translator, philosopher, mathematician, and teacher. Date: circa 1860

Background imageVisite Collection: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert carte de visite

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert carte de visite
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Date: 1860

Background imageVisite Collection: Man and his Penny Farthing

Man and his Penny Farthing or High Wheel Bicycle - carte de visite photograph by Buttock Brothers, Royal Leamington Spa 1870s Date: 1870s

Background imageVisite Collection: Party carte de visite photograph by Wyles, Southport

Party carte de visite photograph by Wyles, Southport

Background imageVisite Collection: Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1st Baronet, KCB, CMG

Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1st Baronet, KCB, CMG
Vintage 19th century photograph: captioned as Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1st Baronet, KCB, CMG (6 January 1802 - 12 February 1876) was Surveyor of the Navy from 1848 to 1861

Background imageVisite Collection: Portrait of a disabled man in a Victorian era wheelchair

Portrait of a disabled man in a Victorian era wheelchair
Vintage 19th century photograph: potrait of a disabled man in a Victorian era wheelchair

Background imageVisite Collection: Heinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von Heß

Heinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von Heß
Vintage 19th century photograph: Heinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von Hesz (alternatively: von Hess) (17 March 1788, Vienna - 13 April 1870, Vienna), was an Austrian soldier and field marshal

Background imageVisite Collection: Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine known as the Emir Abdelkader

Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine known as the Emir Abdelkader
Vintage 19th century photograph: Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (6 September 1808 - 26 May 1883; Arabic: Ï╣Ï¿Ï» Ϻ┘ä┘éϺϻÏ▒ ϺϿ┘å...Ï¡┘è┘è Ϻ┘äÏ»┘è┘åÔÇÄ ╩┐Abd al-Q─üdir ibn Muß©Ñy al-d─½n)

Background imageVisite Collection: Gyorgy Klapka, Georg Klapka, Hungarian general

Gyorgy Klapka, Georg Klapka, Hungarian general
Vintage 19th century photograph: Gyorgy Klapka, also known in German as Georg Klapka was a Hungarian general

Background imageVisite Collection: Auguste Michel Etienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d Angely

Auguste Michel Etienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d Angely
Vintage 19th century photograph: Auguste Michel Etienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d Angely, later 2nd Count Regnaud de Saint-Jean d Angely was a Marshal of France, soldier and politician

Background imageVisite Collection: Lovers on Penny Farthing Bicycles 1870

Lovers on Penny Farthing Bicycles 1870 - carte de visite, Cycling Valentine

Background imageVisite Collection: Studio photo, Seated woman with painted backdrop

Studio photo, Seated woman with painted backdrop Date: circa 1890

Background imageVisite Collection: Love on a Bicycle

Love on a Bicycle - couple on pennyfarthing bicycles riding close together Date: 1870

Background imageVisite Collection: Young Turkish Military Cadet - later Officer

Young Turkish Military Cadet - later Officer
A photographic portrait of the (later) Commander of the 11th Kafkas Regiment (3rd Platoon) whilst a young cadet

Background imageVisite Collection: The Tay Bridge, Scotland

The Tay Bridge, Scotland Date: circa 1878

Background imageVisite Collection: White Star Line, Oceanic and Britannic - three items

White Star Line, Oceanic and Britannic - three items
White Star Line, Oceanic and Britannic - rare White Star Line carte de visite cabin plans, two for the Oceanic and one for the Britannic

Background imageVisite Collection: Studio portrait of three children on a carte de visite

Studio portrait of three children on a carte de visite Date: 19th century

Background imageVisite Collection: Studio portrait of a woman on a carte de visite

Studio portrait of a woman on a carte de visite Date: 19th century

Background imageVisite Collection: Studio portrait of a man on a carte de visite

Studio portrait of a man on a carte de visite Date: late 19th century

Background imageVisite Collection: Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)

Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) Date: 1861

Background imageVisite Collection: William Holman Hunt, artist, carte de visite

William Holman Hunt, artist, carte de visite
Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt - carte de visite Date: circa 1865

Background imageVisite Collection: Christophe-Louis-Leon Juchault de Lamoriciere

Christophe-Louis-Leon Juchault de Lamoriciere
Vintage 19th century photograph: Christophe-Louis-Leon Juchault de Lamoriciere, French general and administrator noted for his part in the conquest of Algeria

Background imageVisite Collection: Kiogoku Notono Kami, Japanese diplomat to Britian, 1862

Kiogoku Notono Kami, Japanese diplomat to Britian, 1862
Vintage 19th century photograph: Kiogoku Notono Kami, Minister Plenipotentiary of HM the Tycoon of Japan, first Japanerse diplomatic mission to Britian, 1862

Background imageVisite Collection: Matsudaira Iwamino Kami, Japanese diplomat to Britian, 1862

Matsudaira Iwamino Kami, Japanese diplomat to Britian, 1862
Vintage 19th century photograph: Matsudaira Iwamino Kami, Minister Plenipotentiary of HM the Tycoon of Japan, first Japanerse diplomatic mission to Britian, 1862

Background imageVisite Collection: Takenouchi Shimodzukino Kami, Japanese diplomat 1862

Takenouchi Shimodzukino Kami, Japanese diplomat 1862
Vintage 19th century photograph: Takenouchi Shimodzukino Kami, Envoy and Plenipotentiary to H.M. the Tycoon of Japan. Japanese diplomatic mission to Europe, 1862

Background imageVisite Collection: French sailor fom Brest

French sailor fom Brest
French sailor from Brest Date: circa 1890

Background imageVisite Collection: Portrait photograph by Charles Reutlinger - CDV

Portrait photograph by Charles Reutlinger - CDV
Portrait photograph by Charles Reutlinger (1816-1881) reproduced on a carte de Visite. Reutlinger won first prize for photography at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. Date: circa 1867

Background imageVisite Collection: Captioned Marquess of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas

Captioned Marquess of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas
Vintage 19th century photograph: captioned on the back as Marquess of Queensbury

Background imageVisite Collection: Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB RN

Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB RN
Vintage 19th century photograph: Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB RN was a renowned British Royal Navy officer. The city of Fremantle, Western Australia, is named after him

Background imageVisite Collection: Emile Felix Fleury, French general and diplomat

Emile Felix Fleury, French general and diplomat
Vintage 19th century photograph: Emile Felix Fleury, French general and diplomat

Background imageVisite Collection: General Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier

General Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier
Vintage 19th century photograph: Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier (26 April 1793 - 14 February 1877), French general, was born at Autun, Saone-et-Loire

Background imageVisite Collection: General Sir Richard England, army officer

General Sir Richard England, army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Richard England, GCB, KH (1793 - 19 January 1883) was a British Army officer, born at Detroit, which was then part of Upper Canada

Background imageVisite Collection: General Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron Rokeby

General Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron Rokeby
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron Rokeby, GCB (2 February 1798 - 25 May 1883) was a senior British Army officer of the 19th century

Background imageVisite Collection: Alphonse Henri, Comte d Hautpoul PM of France

Alphonse Henri, Comte d Hautpoul PM of France
Vintage 19th century photograph: Alphonse Henri, comte d Hautpoul (4 January 1789 - 27 July 1865) was Prime Minister of France from 31 October 1849 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic

Background imageVisite Collection: Marie Ernest Paul Boniface de Castellane, French Marquis

Marie Ernest Paul Boniface de Castellane, French Marquis
Vintage 19th century photograph: Marie Ernest Paul Boniface de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane, known as Boni de Castellane, was a French nobleman and politician

Background imageVisite Collection: Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
Vintage 19th century photograph: Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, GCB, KCSI (20 October 1792 - 14 August 1863), was a British Army officer

Background imageVisite Collection: General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB British Army officer

General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB British Army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB was a British Army officer. He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Mutiny of 1857, and Second Opium War

Background imageVisite Collection: Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, solider politician, Italy

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, solider politician, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, patriot and republican. He contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy

Background imageVisite Collection: Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet
Vintage 19th century photograph: Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, GCB, KCSI was an English general who fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Background imageVisite Collection: Georges de Pimodan, French army officer

Georges de Pimodan, French army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: Georges de Pimodan (29 January 1822-18 September 1860) was a French Legitimist military officer who served in the armies of the Austrian Empire and the Papal States

Background imageVisite Collection: John Stuart Williams ?Confederate States Army

John Stuart Williams ?Confederate States Army
Vintage 19th century photograph: captioned on the back as John Stuart Williams (July 10, 1818 - July 17, 1898)

Background imageVisite Collection: Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry Keppel

Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry Keppel
Vintage 19th century photograph: Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry Keppel GCB, OM (14 June 1809 - 17 January 1904) was a Royal Navy officer

Background imageVisite Collection: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Royal Navy

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Royal Navy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, KCB (11 April 1802 - 3 June 1861) was a Royal Navy officer

Background imageVisite Collection: Robert Anderson, officer during the American Civil War

Robert Anderson, officer during the American Civil War
Vintage 19th century photograph: Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 - October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War

Background imageVisite Collection: General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather British soldier

General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather British soldier
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather GCB (9 September 1798 - 9 May 1872) was a British soldier, Crimea and India

Background imageVisite Collection: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 19th carte carte de visite

1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 19th carte carte de visite
Vintage 19th century photograph:

Background imageVisite Collection: Sakutaro Fukuda, Japanese diplomat, Europe, 1862

Sakutaro Fukuda, Japanese diplomat, Europe, 1862
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sakutaro Fukuda, part of the first Japanese embassy, diplomatic delegation to Europe, 1862

Background imageVisite Collection: Field Marshal Sir Charles York, British Army officer

Field Marshal Sir Charles York, British Army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke GCB was a senior British Army officer

Background imageVisite Collection: Japanese embassy, ambassadors, to the UK 1862

Japanese embassy, ambassadors, to the UK 1862
Vintage 19th century photograph: first Japanese embassy, ambassadors, diplomatic mission to the UK from Japan, 1862

Background imageVisite Collection: Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes, French

Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes, French
Vintage 19th century photograph: Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes (27 November 1790 - 10 June 1860) was a French admiral and senator

Background imageVisite Collection: Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, soldier politician, Italy

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, soldier politician, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, patriot and republican. He contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy

Background imageVisite Collection: Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton

Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
Vintage 19th century photograph: Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC (Ire) (16 February 1778 - 17 April 1863) was a British Army officer and colonial governor

Background imageVisite Collection: Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet, British soldier

Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet, British soldier
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803 - 9 May 1874) was a distinguished soldier in the British Indian Army, who fought at the siege of Bharatpur in 1825-6

Background imageVisite Collection: Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG

Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sir Charles Hastings Doyle

Background imageVisite Collection: Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva, Hungarian

Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva, Hungarian
Vintage 19th century photograph: Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician

Background imageVisite Collection: Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, Italian general, politician

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, Italian general, politician
Vintage 19th century photograph: Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, patriot and republican. He contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy

Background imageVisite Collection: Lieutenant-General Charles Nicolas Victor, French officer

Lieutenant-General Charles Nicolas Victor, French officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: Lieutenant-General Charles Nicolas Victor Oudinot, 2nd Duc de Reggio (3 November 1791 in Bar-le-Duc - 7 June 1863 in Bar-le-Duc)

Background imageVisite Collection: General Sir George Brown, a British soldier

General Sir George Brown, a British soldier
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir George Brown, GCB, KH, PC (Ire) (3 July 1790 - 27 August 1865) was a British soldier notable for commands in the Peninsular War and the Crimean War

Background imageVisite Collection: General Sir Charles Ash Windham British Army

General Sir Charles Ash Windham British Army
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Charles Ash Windham (10 October 1810 - 2 February 1870) was a British Army officer and Liberal Party politician

Background imageVisite Collection: General Sir William John Codrington (?) army officer

General Sir William John Codrington (?) army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: captioned on the back as General Sir William John Codrington

Background imageVisite Collection: The terrace at Tortoni s, 1847

The terrace at Tortoni s, 1847. Fashionable women in crinolines, large cashmere shawls and bonnets

Background imageVisite Collection: Woman in long coat of grey fox fur

Woman in long coat of grey fox fur. Manteau de taupe-parure de renard gris

Background imageVisite Collection: Woman in dress trimmed with zibeline and ermine, 1913

Woman in dress trimmed with zibeline and ermine, 1913
Woman in dress trimmed with zibeline and ermine, ermine waistcoat, ermine muff, and clergyman slippers, with pet dog in coat

Background imageVisite Collection: Street scene in Swindon, Wiltshire

Street scene in Swindon, Wiltshire. circa 1860

Background imageVisite Collection: St Pancras Church, Chichester, West Sussex

St Pancras Church, Chichester, West Sussex, prior to its 1869 rebuild. circa early 1860s

Background imageVisite Collection: Bedford County High School, England

Bedford County High School, England. circa 1860

Background imageVisite Collection: Carte de visite - child in a studio photo, Croydon

Carte de visite - child in a studio photo, Croydon
Carte de visite - child in a studio photo with a model of a chicken, Croydon. late 19th century

Background imageVisite Collection: Carte de visite - young woman in a hat, Croydon

Carte de visite - young woman in a hat, Croydon. late 19th century

Background imageVisite Collection: Carte de visite - young man, Croydon

Carte de visite - young man, Croydon. late 19th century

Background imageVisite Collection: John Howard, Victorian fireman, in studio portrait

John Howard, Victorian fireman, in studio portrait
John Howard, Victorian fireman, in a studio portrait on a carte de visite. Date: 1868

Background imageVisite Collection: Carte de Visite - Fruit Picking

Carte de Visite - Fruit Picking in an orchard. circa 1890

Background imageVisite Collection: British Cavalryman - Carte de Visite photograph

British Cavalryman - Carte de Visite photograph. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageVisite Collection: Disderi Portrait Mosaic of English Luminaries of the 1860s

Disderi Portrait Mosaic of English Luminaries of the 1860s
Collage Mosaic photograph by Disderi reproduced on a carte de visite showing well-known English luminaries of the period (the 1860s)

Background imageVisite Collection: A fine couple - Victorian Studio photograph

A fine couple - Victorian Studio photograph
A hand-tinted Victorian studio carte de visite (CdV) photograph of a fine middle class couple circa 1870

Background imageVisite Collection: Edward Balston - Headmaster of Eton

Edward Balston - Headmaster of Eton
Date: 1864

Background imageVisite Collection: Birmingham Cricket Team(s) - Carte-de-visite - note the Penny-farthing bicycles! Date

Birmingham Cricket Team(s) - Carte-de-visite - note the Penny-farthing bicycles! Date: circa 1880

Background imageVisite Collection: British Huntsman on a small-format Carte de visite (Portrait carte-de-visite, CdV)

British Huntsman on a small-format Carte de visite (Portrait carte-de-visite, CdV) - an an albumen print to which a thin paper photograph was mounted onto a thicker paper card. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageVisite Collection: Bessie Bellwood music hall singer 1856-1896

Bessie Bellwood music hall singer 1856-1896
Bessie Bellwood (Catherine Mahoney) music hall singer who engaged with her audience and had a reputation for putting down the toughest of hecklers. Carte de visite advertising Taunus table water



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