ALBUM - PORTRAITS - Lot 94

ALBUM - PORTRAITS Album of carte-de-visite portraits, mainly by Pierre Petit, ca.1863-75. Photomontages: by Disdéri of the admirals of France and the episcopate, by Manuel of the deputies of the Seine, by Jouan of the defenders of Poland; portraits: Mme Fargotton, Franz Joseph Regnier de la Brière, Emma Fleury Franceschi, Mme Émile Debourge, M. Théodore Debourge, Mme Cadavill, Mariette Dejazet, De Royer minister of justice, Mme Paul Denormandec. Photographs. Album comprising 38 cardboard-mounted albumen prints in carte-de-visite format, including 22 by Pierre Petit, 13 by Disdéri, 1 by Jouan, 1 by Radoul-Vaury and 1 by Manuel. Neo-Gothic covers with gilded metal hinges. Pictures: approx. 9 x 5.5 cm; album: 16.3 x 13.3 cm