Description
Original c.1880s New York City cabinet card photograph featuring an exceptionally appealing six-person Victorian family group, photographed by Perry & Holtzmann at 136 Bowery, New York.
The portrait captures an entire family in formal studio dress, including three children, a young woman, and the seated father wearing a bowler hat. The full-length composition preserves an excellent range of late-19th-century clothing, footwear, hairstyles, furniture, and studio décor, giving the image considerable appeal for collectors of Victorian photography, New York City history, fashion, genealogy, and social history.
The reverse is especially attractive, with an elaborate pictorial Perry & Holtzmann, Photographers, 136 Bowery, N.Y. backmark incorporating a landscape, flowers, artist’s palette, brushes, and decorative ribbon banners.
Notable features include:
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Original late-19th-century New York cabinet card
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Six-person Victorian family group portrait
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Perry & Holtzmann photographic studio
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Clearly identified 136 Bowery, New York studio address
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Excellent period clothing and fashion detail
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Father posed wearing a bowler hat
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Elaborate illustrated photographer’s backmark
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Uncommon photographer imprint with few examples readily encountered
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Strong piece of New York City and Victorian photographic history
Condition is consistent with age, with expected toning, scattered spotting and surface wear, and wear along the mount edges and corners. The family portrait remains clear and highly presentable, with good facial detail, and the decorative reverse advertising design remains readily legible.
A particularly attractive cabinet card that combines a substantial family portrait, strong Victorian visual content, an uncommon New York photographer, and an ornate studio backmark.
Please view all photos closely for the complete appearance and condition of this original antique photograph.
