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Volkerling, G. - Original Carte-de-Visite Photograph by G. Volkerling of a Young Boy with a Riding Crop, Identified on the Verso As Albert W. Speyers.

Title: Original Carte-de-Visite Photograph by G. Volkerling of a Young Boy with a Riding Crop, Identified on the Verso As Albert W. Speyers.
Description: Dessau: G. Volkerling, [1872]. [1872]. - sc A 3-3/8 inch high by 2-1/4 inch wide photograph of a young boy in profile mounted on approximately 4 inch high by 2-1/2 inch wide card stock. The long-haired young boy, attired in checkered outfit with boots, is seated in an overstuffed chair holding a riding crop in his right hand. The photographer's credits are printed on the verso of the mount, "G. Volkerling in Dessau / Maler u Hof-Photograph .. Silberne Preis Medaillen: / Berlin 1865 / Paris 1867 / Hamburg 1868 / Groningen 1869". The young man is identified in pencil on the verso as "Albert W. Speyers / 3 1/2 years / Nov. 1872". "For Uncle Louis" is penned in ink at the top of the verso. There is a small spot of soiling to the image above the boy's head and several pin marks at the top and bottom of the soiled mount. Good. Good .

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPH; CARTE-DE-VISITE; CDV; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ORIGINAL PHOTO; G. VOLKERLING; 19TH CENTURY; PHOTOGRAPHY; YOUNG BOY; LONG-HAIRED; RIDING CROP; ALBERT W. SPEYERS; DESSAY; PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS.

Price: US$ 5.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 25374

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