Historical Indulgences

ca. 1860-80’s, [tintype portrait of a blind gentlemen with his son]

via Be-Hold Fine Photographs

ca. 1861-65, [hand-tinted ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in the uniform of the 11th Virginia regiment with knapsack and bedroll]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1870-80, [tintype portrait of Harry Stafford]

via the Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand

ca. 1861-65, [tintype portrait of a well-armed Union soldier with three Remington revolvers, two Bowie knives, and a Springfield rifle musket]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1860-80, [hand-tinted ambrotype portrait of Charles King Mallory in uniform]

via the Virginia Historical Society, Photographs Collection

ca. 1854, [daguerreotype portrait of a butcher with his tools, hand-tinted blood detail on knife], Edward M. Tyler

via the Daguerreian Society, Matthew R. Isenburg Collection

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a sleeping, possibly deceased, child], Jesse H. Whitehurst

via the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of two gentlemen musicians with their instruments, a flute and a violin, respectively]

via the Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept., Cased Photographs Collection

ca. 1850’s, [hand-tinted daguerreotype portrait of an artist with his palette and brushes]

via Christie’s

ca. 1861, “John W. Brown/ Soldier/ Civil War/ 10/61”

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1848, [gentleman posed with carpentry tools]

via the J. Paul Getty Museum

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype of erotic scene in a hayloft], attributed to Felix Jacques Antoine Moulin

via Luminous Lint, Private collection of W. & T. Bosshard, Courtesy of Carl Mautz Vintage Photography & Publishing