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Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities [Vol. I]

Maull and Polyblank (English, active 1854–1865)
Author: Edward Walford (English, 1823–1897)
Author: Herbert Fry (English)
Sitter: Edward Matthew Ward (English, 1816–1879)
Sitter: George Cruikshank (English, 1792–1878)
Sitter: William Powell Frith (English, 1819–1909)
1856–57
Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with sixteen photographs (albumen prints)
Dimensions Overall: 30.8 x 25.2 x 1.7 cm (12 1/8 x 9 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number1976.782
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographsIllustrated books
[London: Maull and Polyblank, 1856-1858]

Catalogue Raisonné Goldschmidt & Naef, Truthful Lens, cat. 116
Description([London: Maull and Polyblank, 1856-1857]) Quarto; 33 pp., plus 16 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped green morocco.

Photographic portraits of British scientists, authors, statesmen, artists, and other luminaries
ProvenanceThackrey and Robertson, San Francisco, CA, from whom purchased by the MFA, December 8, 1976.