Photographs from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Naples, Italy, 1900. Gelatin silver print. Aurelio Caggiano (1869-1940) was a Neapolitan painter and sculptor, who in the 1890s was among the first in Naples to undertake artistic photography. He frequently chose young street people as subjects. For more information on Caggiano's photographs, see the monograph, "Aurelio Caggiano Scultore Fotografo a Napoli" by Giovanni Fanelli. The… Read more about this item

Original "diableries" tissue stereoview: number 2 from the "B" Series identified by Brian May. Like all tissue stereoviews, it is designed to be viewed while backlit. The stereoview is in about good condition: clean and bright, with good backlit color, but there a few short tears in the albumen photos. On the verso of the mount… Read more about this item

Germany: Philadelphia Postcard Co., 1916. Original postcard postmarked May 16, 1916 in Elm Grove, West Virginia. It is addressed ro Miss Virginia Hunter in Triadelphia, West Virginia. Affixed to the front of the postcard is a photograph of 3 unidentified youn girls. The design of the card makes it clear that a photo was expected to be… Read more about this item

Original "diableries" tissue stereoview: number 9 from the "C" Series identified by Brian May. Like all tissue stereoviews, it is designed to be viewed while backlit. The stereoview is in about good condition: clean and bright, with good backlit color, but there a few short tears in the slightly faded albumen photos. On the verso of… Read more about this item

Original "diableries" tissue stereoview: number 1 from the "C" Series identified by Brian May. Like all tissue stereoviews, it is designed to be viewed while backlit. The stereoview is in about fair condition: generallyclean and bright, with pretty good backlit color, but there are tears and holes in the slightly faded albumen photos. On the verso of… Read more about this item

Original "diableries" tissue stereoview: number 15 from the "A" Series identified by Brian May. Like all tissue stereoviews, it is designed to be viewed while backlit. The stereoview is in poor condition: soiled, with tears and holes in the slightly faded albumen photos.. Original. Stereoview. Poor. Photo.

Hollywood, California: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1943. Gelatin silver print of the very young actor Roddy McDowell and the famous Collie Lassie in their roles in the film "Lassie Come Home.". This is an original movie still with the MGM stamp on the verso requesting credit for Clarence S. Bull and a publicity blurb headlined "RODDY GOES TO SCHOOL." Clarence Bull… Read more about this item

Paris: Athanase Clouzard, 1965. Original stereoview by French photographer Athanase Clouzard (1820-1903). Previously in buisness with Charles Soulier, Clouzard left the partnership in 1859 and had his own firm producing stereoviews in Paris from 1860 until 1879. The stereoview offered here is from circa 1865 and is a view of a bridge over the Rofla Gorge in the… Read more about this item

Paris: Athanase Clouzard, 1965. Original stereoview by French photographer Athanase Clouzard (1820-1903). Previously in buisness with Charles Soulier, Clouzard left the partnership in 1859 and had his own firm producing stereoviews in Paris from 1860 until 1879. The stereoview offered here is from circa 1865 and is a view of the Aare Gorge near Meiringen in the Canton… Read more about this item

Paris: Athanase Clouzard, 1965. Original stereoview by French photographer Athanase Clouzard (1820-1903). Previously in buisness with Charles Soulier, Clouzard left the partnership in 1859 and had his own firm producing stereoviews in Paris from 1860 until 1879. The stereoview offered here is from circa 1865 and is a view of a chalet on the Siebenbrunnen trail in the… Read more about this item

Chicago: John Carbutt, 1869. Original stereoview by Chicago photographer John Carbutt (1832-1905). Born In England, Carbutt moved to Chicago in 1853 and operated a photography business there until moving to Philadelphia circa 1870. The stereoview offered here depicts the First National Bank of Chicago circa 1869. The building was built in 1868 and was supposed to be… Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. Nos Mondaines were tissue… Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. Nos Mondaines were tissue… Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. Nos Mondaines were tissue… Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. Nos Mondaines were tissue… Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. Nos Mondaines were tissue… Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. … Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. … Read more about this item

Paris: Adolphe Block, 1880. Tissue stereoview published in Paris by Adolphe Block (1829-1918) circa 1880. Block was a noted photographer who became a prolific publisher of stereoviews, especially "tissues" which were albumen photographs printed on thin paper backed by another thin sheet containing spots of color. When backlit, the dull albumen print becomes a colorful image. … Read more about this item

Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, with Yale University Press, 2001. 94 pages. Fully illustrated catalogue to accompany the exhibition of black and white photographs by the American photographer, poet, and rock & roll icon Patti Smith at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, October 21, 2011- February 19, 2012. Both book and dust… Read more about this item