Φ ΩΤΟ Γ Ρ Α Φ Ι Κ Α Λ Ε Υ Κ Ω Μ ΑΤΑ / P H OTO G R A P H I C A L B U M S
Φωτογραφικά λευκώματα / Photographic Albums
Lot. 8961
[House of Romanov, Europe Royalty]
Starting Price: 3800 €
A Unique photographic album, c.1865 including EIGHTY (80) carte-de-visite (CDV) albumen photographs from various famous photographers that worked in Russia and Europe. It reflects the actual middle 19th century Russian and European society, combining portraits of royal and prominent personalities, with portraits of working-class men & women, all captured by pioneer photographers. The photographs are placed in a leather bound photographic album, paneled in a metallic frame and including two metal clasps. The front cover is beautifully decorated in gilt and with embedded ivory strips. The album contains 20 carton leaves with gilt edges, each of them with special cases for the placement of the CDV photographs. Regarding Russia and the Royal Romanov family, it includes 18 photographs depicting members of the Russian royal House of Romanov, by the photographers Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (St. Petersburg), Charles Bergamasco (St. Petersburg) & Georg Emil Hansen (Copenhagen). The 15 members of the royal House of Romanov identified are listed below, along with the photographers named on the passe-partout: 176
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