Is it me or does Saturday come around quicker each week? This is of course a good thing as it means it's the weekend, but also means I have to get my brain engaged in other activity, like coming up with a post for Sepia Saturday. As the prompt says though, there's plenty in this week's post to choose from. My immediate thought was hats, but I did that for my blog post last week, so instead I'm going for facial hair and share a few carte de visite (CDV) that I acquired recently.
.jpg "Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Elliott & Fry, London")
Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Elliott & Fry, London
.jpg "Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Mowls, King's Lynn, Norfolk")
Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Mowls, King's Lynn, Norfolk
.jpg "Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Sinclair & Co., London")
Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Sinclair & Co., London
.jpg "Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Chas F Wing, Exeter")
Carte de visite of a gentleman, by Chas F Wing, Exeter
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A fine set of CDVs
ReplyDeleteThe second fellow has the look of Anthony Hopkins about him. I find these cartes fascinating.
ReplyDeleteCartes de Visite can be sucha a good source of information as oftern from the printing on the back can help pin down a time period for identifying the subject. So lifelike, too.
ReplyDeleteThe third CDV, with the square corners, must be from the early 1870s, while the others are all, I think, from the 1880s.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brett. These are not my specialist subject, so thanks for the insight into dating them.
DeleteVery interesting photos!
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking the same thing. Every time the new prompt is posted, I go into a panic -- what? already??
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have a source of never ending CDVs. Long may they survive.
ReplyDeleteA nice collection of gentlemen, though I have to confess I prefer the ladies, bonnets and all!
ReplyDeleteIf you think Sepia Saturday comes round quickly for you, spare a a thought for we admins who dream them up.
Men's fashions are difficult to date compared to those of women. I like to guess occupations. #1- Banker; #2- Clergy; #3-Solicitor; #4-Railway clerk
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