[Carte-de-visite]: Portrait of "Mr. Tom Hughes, M.P."
HUGHES, Thomas
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
About this Item
Albumen print carte-de-visite photographic portrait of Thomas Hughes. Image size 2.25" x 3.50" on slightly larger cardstock mount. Bit of spotting on the photograph, slight offsetting on verso, else the photograph and mount are in near fine condition. Hughes was a social reformer, and author of children's books, including *Tom Brown's School Days.* Likely a photograph by London photographer, John Watkins, reproduced by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. The English National Portrait Gallery has a CDV of this image in their collection of the photographer on John Watkin's printed cardstock mount. The photograph depicts Hughes, in profile, from the chest up, in suite and bow-tie. Printed beneath the image "Mr. Tom Hughes M. P." Photographer's imprint on recto and verso, "London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 110, 108 & 106, Regent St. W.". Seller Inventory # 519537
Bibliographic Details
Title: [Carte-de-visite]: Portrait of "Mr. Tom ...
Publisher: [John Watkins?] / London Stereoscopic Comp'y, London
Publication Date: 1860
Binding: Unbound
Condition: Near Fine
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