Meserve, Frederick Hill. Portraits of the Civil War Period. From The Collection of Frederick Hill Meserve New York City. New York: 1908. 13.5 x 10 in., 62pp, in loose original boards, containing 408 unmounted silver gelatin photographs of prominent people beginning with the Civil War, printed and compiled by Meserve, largely from Mathew Brady's original negatives, with Meserve's handwritten notations beneath the individual portraits and scenes. Several of the images include Meserve's Collection of Americana handstamp or penciled notations on verso. With 398 carte-de-visite size photographs, organized 9 to a page, including: 27 images of Lincoln; individual and group portraits of Mary Todd Lincoln and her sons; portraits of John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln conspirators; members of Lincoln's cabinet, vice presidents, U.S. Governors, and statesmen of the day; approx. 90 portraits of Union Generals and 45 Confederate Generals, including 5 images of R.E. Lee; leaders of the Confederacy, including Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, and J.P. Benjamin; and 9 views of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Also featured are portraits of 13 Presidents, such as Jackson, Buchanan, Fillmore, Garfield, McKinley, and Roosevelt, among others; business leaders such as Carnegie and Vanderbilt; religious leaders such as Brigham Young; American and European literary figures, including Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Twain, Wilde, and Dickens; celebrated female personalities such as Jenny Lind and Maggie Mitchell; and views of special people, including Tom Thumb and his marriage. An additional 10 large format photographs are included, ranging in size from 5 x 6.5 in. to 8 x 10 in. The frontispiece features an 8 x 10 in. photograph of Lincoln, produced from the original negative by Brady, made in Washington in 1864. Following the compilation of cartes-de-visite are two sections featuring large format photographs, the first, which is titled Lincoln with the Army, includes 3 photographs of Lincoln with his Generals at Antietam, each accompanied by a written caption. The final section, titled Views of the Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators, is comprised of 6 large format images, each captioned below. A tour de force, printed largely from original negatives, and an exceptionally scarce compilation. Condition: Wear to cloth covered boards; wear to album pages along the edges and corners; images themselves remain very good to near excellent condition. Previous owner's penciled name on ffep.
Meserve, Frederick Hill. Portraits of the Civil War Period. From The Collection of Frederick Hill Meserve New York City. New York: 1908. 13.5 x 10 in., 62pp, in loose original boards, containing 408 unmounted silver gelatin photographs of prominent people beginning with the Civil War, printed and compiled by Meserve, largely from Mathew Brady's original negatives, with Meserve's handwritten notations beneath the individual portraits and scenes. Several of the images include Meserve's Collection of Americana handstamp or penciled notations on verso. With 398 carte-de-visite size photographs, organized 9 to a page, including: 27 images of Lincoln; individual and group portraits of Mary Todd Lincoln and her sons; portraits of John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln conspirators; members of Lincoln's cabinet, vice presidents, U.S. Governors, and statesmen of the day; approx. 90 portraits of Union Generals and 45 Confederate Generals, including 5 images of R.E. Lee; leaders of the Confederacy, including Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, and J.P. Benjamin; and 9 views of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Also featured are portraits of 13 Presidents, such as Jackson, Buchanan, Fillmore, Garfield, McKinley, and Roosevelt, among others; business leaders such as Carnegie and Vanderbilt; religious leaders such as Brigham Young; American and European literary figures, including Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Twain, Wilde, and Dickens; celebrated female personalities such as Jenny Lind and Maggie Mitchell; and views of special people, including Tom Thumb and his marriage. An additional 10 large format photographs are included, ranging in size from 5 x 6.5 in. to 8 x 10 in. The frontispiece features an 8 x 10 in. photograph of Lincoln, produced from the original negative by Brady, made in Washington in 1864. Following the compilation of cartes-de-visite are two sections featuring large format photographs, the first, which is titled Lincoln with the Army, includes 3 photographs of Lincoln with his Generals at Antietam, each accompanied by a written caption. The final section, titled Views of the Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators, is comprised of 6 large format images, each captioned below. A tour de force, printed largely from original negatives, and an exceptionally scarce compilation. Condition: Wear to cloth covered boards; wear to album pages along the edges and corners; images themselves remain very good to near excellent condition. Previous owner's penciled name on ffep.
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