A Pekingese peep-show. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Street scene, with a group gathered round a peep-show apparatus: 'The peep-show also ... enjoys a large share of public favour. It is fitted with a series of lenses in front, through which the eye of the spectator beholds the wonders of the world. For...
Charles Kean, Esq., F.S.A, Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait of Charles John Kean (1811-1868), second son of Edmund Kean and himself a successful actor. With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1858 and date stamped by British Museum 30 January 1858. Exhibited: Pho...
J. B. Buckstone, Esq. Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait, seated at a desk writing, of the comedian, comic writer and actor-manager John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879). With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1859 and date stamped by British Museum 2 February 1...