ROYAL & CELEBRITY PORTRAITURE INTEREST, c.1860-1880

Album containing a collection of carte-de-visite portraits of royal, subjects. Albumen prints (63), image sizes approx. 90 x 57mm. Subjects include Queen Victoria by Mayall, Prince Albert by Mayall, Princess Frederick William of Prussia by L. Haase Berlin, Prince Frederick William of Prussia by L. Haase Berlin, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert together by Mayall, the Prince of Wales by Mayall, Prince Louis of Hesse by Camille Silvy, Princess Alice by Mayall, Princess Helena by Mayall, Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein by Hill and Saunders, Prince of Wales and Princess Alice by Mayall, Princess Helena and Princess Louisa by Mayall, Prince Alfred by Mayall, Princess Beatrice by Mayall, Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold by Mayall, Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice by Mayall, the Duchess of Cambridge by Camille Silvy, Princess Mary of Cambridge by Camille Silvy, Princess Marie of Leiningen by Camille Silvy, Prince Ernst of Leiningen by Camille Silvy, Queen Victoria by Downey, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by Chemar Freres, Empress Charlotte of Mexico by Chemar Freres, further Lords and Ladies and actors, most by Silvy, and and interesting wedding CDV of Charles S Stratton and Lavinia Warren Stratton, known as "Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb", who married in an ceremony on 10 February 1863 organised by their employer PT Barnum, the negative by Matthew Brady and CDV published by E & HT Anthony, in card thick card mounts, two per page and back to back, bound in red Morocco (cover detached) album with brass clasps (one missing), gilt edges.