Victorian Photograph Albums

A plain-looking album on the outside but look within and you’ll discover wonderful dark green dramatic lithographic pages and a bounty of military photographs including an incredibly rare portrait by Rahamon from Thayetmyo, Burma. 

A lovely brown leather album designed to look like an envelope. Discover the work of photographers Ouless and Loumiss (from the island of Jersey and Galesburg, Illinois respectively) and of Abadschieff and Karastojanow (both from Bulgaria). Look out for a mysterious portrait of a man in his greatcoat.

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A beautiful leather album decorated with gilt flowers and ears of wheat. Highlights include a mighty moustache from Landskrona, Sweden, a Hausmeister from Munich and Mr. Oshiguro from Japan photographed in 1903.

An embossed brown leather album with lithographic pages depicting birds. Meet the fantastically monikered Newington Butts from London, an extraordinary fur coat and portraits from Sleepy Eye, Siam, Japan and Sydney.

A magnificent blue leather album sold by Jenner & Knewstub of Jermyn Street, London and filled with military photographs. Highlights include a trio of memorial portraits from Calcutta, some Zouaves, some great pillbox hats and several faithful hounds.

A brown leather album with lithographic pages depicting birds. Contains military photographs with highlights including a trio of soldiers from Kuataisi, Georgia; a pith-helmeted soldier in Sydney, Australia; and an athlete from Klosterneuburg in Austria sporting a chestful of medals.