Historical Indulgences

ca. 1896, [portrait of a gentleman posed in lady’s costume], Richard von Krafft-Ebing

via the Wellcome Library, Archives & Manuscripts Collection

ca. 1870, [tintype portrait of a performer], William Andrew Bigelow

via the International Center of Photography

ca, 1870-1900, [tintype portrait of a boy in costume, posing with a toy gun]

via Freeman’s Auction

ca. 1884-1900, [albumen portrait of actress Sarah Bernhardt, in character as the Empress Theodora in Sardou’s “Theodora”], William Downey

via J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, Albumen and Silver Prints Collection

ca. 1896, [portrait of a gentleman posed in lady’s costume], Richard von Krafft-Ebing

via the Wellcome Library, Archives & Manuscripts Collection

ca. 1875, [cabinet card, Lady Arthur Paget (Minne Stevens) dressed for the Delmonico ball], Jos

via the New York Historical Society, Luce Center

ca. 1890, [cabinet card portrait of a dancer in costume, holding eggs], Paul Nadar

via the George Eastman Collection, Still Image Archive

ca. 1870-79, [tintype portrait of a pantomimist]

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1896, [portrait of a gentleman posed in lady’s costume], Richard von Krafft-Ebing

via the Wellcome Library, Archives & Manuscripts Collection

ca. 1860-1880, [ambrotype portrait two heavily bearded gentlemen in pajama-like costumes and elongated cone hats, possibly clowns]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1860, [ambrotype portrait of a gentleman strumming a banjo, with applied hand-coloring and a finely etched false “imperial” goatee and mustache]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

c. 1860-1910, [portrait of Helene Levy in winged costume, posed mid-flight]

via the New York Public Library, Jerome Robbins Dance Division

ca. 1870, [portrait of two young girls in costume with an American flag]

via Remains to be Seen