Victorian Photography

Antique Victorian / Edwardian James and William Deakin sterling silver picture photo frame featuring a Neoclassical wreath, berry and leaf motif. James & William Deakin, a promine...

Late 19th century Photograph, Victorians in Tropics, domed glass with trompe l'oiel wood grain frame. Period Black White image has been pasted onto board and inserted into frame, needs a matt as the photo does not cover entire backing. Interesting subject matter of a Victorian couple...

American Victorian walnut framed photograph of Civil War soldier

This late Victorian family portrait is in excellent original condition with frame intact and stamped at the back. A true conversation piece that will draw attention.

Photograph titled "Cupid Awake" and "Cupid Asleep" by American photographer Morris Burke Parkinson. Dated 1897. Retains original tiger oak frame. M. B. Parkinson (1847-1926) Morris Burke Parkinson was an American photographer, best known for his "Cupid Awake" and "Cupid Asleep" photos, which were supplied in frames produced by the Ohio Art...

Magnificent 1903 Framed Photograph – Graduating Doctors, Medical Department, Western University of Pennsylvania This extraordinary and historically significant 1903 graduating class...

An antique Victorian portrait offers giltwood frame with rope twist, foliate, shell and acanthus elements, c1880 Measures - 35.25''H x 30''H...

This is a Buffalo Bill item that would have appeal for collectors of both western and Buffalo Bill meomorabelia. It is a tintype, circa 1890s (the Buffalo Bill shows started in 1883)...

ABOUT Comparison aerial photographs of San Francisco printed on glossy fine art paper. The first image is an aerial shot of the city taken in 1981 by an unknown photographer. It depicts the harbor and downtown all the way out to Ocean Beach and the Golden Gate Bridge. The second image is taken from the same vantage point. It is stamped, ‘Photograph of San Francisco is ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay. Overlooking waterfront, sunset over Golden Gate.’ There is also a copyright stamp for George R Lawrence. Lawrence used an aerial kite to photograph San Francisco after the devastating 1906 earthquake. His photographs appeared in newspapers around the world and generated more than $15,000 for the photographer. CREATOR Unknown and George R. Lawrence and Co. DATE OF MANUFACTURE 1906 and 1981. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Photograph on glossy fine art paper. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. DIMENSIONS Sheet: H 21.5 in. x W 23.5 in., Image: H 16 in. W 18.5 in. HISTORY George R. Lawrence (1868-1938) After working briefly at a Chicago wagon factory in 1889, George Lawrence opened a studio for the production of crayon enlargements — large photographs, usually portraits, that have been enhanced by pastels or charcoal. Crayon enlargements were popular wall decorations in the late 1800s. In 1893, Lawrence's studio partner left Chicago permanently. Lawrence inherited the equipment and learned to develop negatives from a local photographer's apprentice. He formed the Geo. R. Lawrence Company and quickly became an innovator in the field, using the slogan "The Hitherto Impossible in Photography is Our Specialty." Lawrence designed his own large-format cameras and specialized in aerial views. He began by using ladders...

Set of three antique late 19th century Victorian photographs - possibly members of a single family - with hand painted color and details. All three are matted with pebbled gold paper...

Victorian English Country Victorian maple framed embroidery of the clipper ship Arthusa with memorial photographs.  

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, one of a kind Victorian photo of two young violinist girls in a period gilt frame which has been cased and protected in a secondary case with the original maker label to the back This is a very special and highly decorative piece, it really does give you a window into another time which is what great art should do, I love the setting, clothes and expressions, so timelessly Victorian! The condition is very good, there is some patina ware to the gilt frame and the outer case but otherwise its in fine order The makers label to the back reads as follows MANUFACTURED JOHN FROST CARVER, GILDER, & PRINTSELLER, AND WHOLESALE & RETAIL ARTISTS COLOURMAN 12 CLARE STREET BRISTOL SOLE AGENT FOR MINTORN’S MATERIALS FOR WAX FLOWERS...

A pair of large portrait photographs in oval ormolu frames This handsome couple come from Brest in France, I do not know the identity of the subjects but the pictures are by H Dub...