c. 1860-1880
14.5 × 9.6 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Private Collection, United Kingdom, since circa 1970. [Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018
Album page with six albumen silver prints top center photograph is decorated with a thistle and leaf with lady bug motif, bows beneath both center photographs, decorative frames around all six photographs. All decorations are painted.
19th centuryBritishAlbumen silver print mounted on page.
19th centuryBritishAlbum page with two albumen silver prints with hand coloring and autographs. Page is hand decorated with crowns, flags, and other symbols, blue banner on bottom of page reads "Honi soit qui mal y pense; Abergeldie, October 1865." Honi soit . . . means "shamed be he who thinks evil of it," the motto of the Order of the Garter.
19th centuryBritishAlbum page with five albumen silver prints, four photographs are arranged as spokes around the fifth center photograph, all are set within a blue and gilt paint knotted rope design.
19th centuryBritishAlbum page with five carte de visite albumen silver prints decorated with ribbon and bow motif in various colors of paint.
19th centuryBritish