Historical Indulgences

ca. 1854, [daguerreotype portrait of a young lady with a black tailed deer]

via the J. Paul Getty Museum, Cased Objects, Photographic Collections

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a boy with a donkey]

via Christies

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a bird in basin with thread spool and patterned cloth]

via the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery

ca. 1850, [daguerreotype portrait of a cat at the window]

via the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Photographic Collections

ca. 1880, [tintype portrait of two hunters with a dog, one with a rifle]

via I Photo Central

ca. 1850, [daguerreotype portrait of a blind gentleman holding a cat]

via the George Eastman House Collection, Still Photograph Archive

c. 1860’s [tintype portrait of a gentleman and his dog and a small child, barely visible to the far left of the image]

via I Photo Central

ca. 1870, [tintype portrait of a falconer with Kestral falcon, nets, and cage]

via I Photo Central

c. 1870, [tintype portrait of a hunter with his rifle, dog and fowl]

via I Photo Central

ca. 1858, [portrait of an elderly gentleman with a large dog]

via the George Eastman House Collection on Flickr, Donald Weber Collection

ca. 1850, [portrait of a bull surrounded by several gentlemen]

via the J. Paul Getty Museum

ca. 1867, [portrait of a gentleman with his dog]

via the George Eastman House Collection on Flickr, Donald Weber Collection

ca. 1883, [carte de visite portrait of a cat with needlework], Schlemmer

via the KaurmaNelson Vintage Photograph Gallery

ca. 1868, [portrait of circus performer George W. Hall, Jr. holding a snake]

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Circus and Rodeo Photographs Collection

ca. 1909, “Feeding Time”, William H. Martin

via the George Eastman House Collection on Flickr, Animals set