Cartes de Visites, and Magnifying Viewer, c.1860s

SELECTIONS OF VARIOUS CARTES DE VISITES OF FAMOUS WOMEN AND MEN OF THE VICTORIAN ERA, c.1860s, subjects include Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Emily Faithful (1835-1895), Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) and Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), photographers include C.T. Newcombe (active 1860s-1870s), Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901), Herbert Watkins (1828-1916), Harvey Henderson Wilcox (1832-1891), publishers include The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company. Cartes de Visites (14), image size, approx. 115 x 77mm, 25 x 18mm, some examples with photographer name in card lower margin, others with ink annotations card verso or recto, some examples with photographers name and stamp verso.