6 Victorian cabinet cards of children by PA & WV photographers
$ 9.51
Description
Cabinet cards are photographs mounted on stiff pieces of cardboard. They were introduced in the 1860s. The front of the card is usually printed or embossed with the photographer’s details, and the back of the cabinet card is often printed with elaborate designs. The popularity of the cabinet card waned around the turn of the century, particularly after the introduction of the photographic postcard, but they were still being produced right until the First World War. The color of the cardboard mount can also help date the photograph. Cream mounts were always popular, but bolder, dark colors like black, dark brown, green or burgundy began to appear in the 1880s and 1890s. All in really good shape except for the CC Hough photograph of an infant - it has damage to lower left corner.
