S10, 025-04, 1870s, Cabinet Card, Lady Fermoy-Great Grandmother, Princess Diana For Sale

S10, 025-04, 1870s, Cabinet Card, Lady Fermoy-Great Grandmother, Princess Diana S10, 025-04, 1870s, Cabinet Card, Lady Fermoy-Great Grandmother, Princess Diana

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Description You are offerding on an original Antique 1870's Cabinet Card Photograph, English Royalty;  Frances Ellen Work, Lady Fermoy-Great Grandmother, Princess Diana Spencer.

This photo is very Rare. I could not find another copy on or the Internet.

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Frances Ellen Work (October 27, 1857 – January 26, 1947) was an American heiress and socialite. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her great-great-grandchildren include William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and the American actor Oliver Platt.

Frances was born in New York City on October 27, 1857. She was a daughter of Franklin H. Work (1819–1911), a well-known stockbroker and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his wife, Ellen Wood (1831–1877). Her sister Lucy Bond Work (1861–1934) was married to Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921). 
 

On September 22, 1880, at Christ Church, New York City, Work married the Hon. James Boothby Burke Roche (1852–1920), who would later become the 3rd Baron Fermoy in 1920 after his elder brother, Edward Roche, 2nd Baron Fermoy (1850–1920), died without any male heirs. He was the son of Edmond Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy, and his wife, Elizabeth Caroline Boothby.

They had four children (two daughters, then twin sons):

• Eileen Roche (1882−1882), who died young.
• The Hon. Cynthia Roche (1884−1966), who married, firstly, Arthur Scott Burden (1879−1921) in 1906 and, secondly, Guy Fairfax Cary (1879−1950) in 1922. She is the matrilineal great-grandmother of American actor Oliver Platt.
• The Hon. Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885–1955), who later became the 4th Baron Fermoy, and was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
• The Hon. Francis George Burke Roche (1885–1958), a banker who died unmarried.

In 1890, Work divorced Roche, claiming desertion, before he had succeeded to the barony. The divorce was awarded on March 3, 1891. Her lawyer was Thomas F. Bayard, former United States Secretary of State. In 1899, her ex-husband, then a UK Member of Parliament, sued Work with a writ of habeas corpus to produce their daughter, Cynthia, in court. Roche claimed Work was depriving "the child of her liberty." The case was settled out of court shortly thereafter. Until 1920, sons Maurice and Francis used the surname Work. (ref. Wikipedia)

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Back has Photographer Information.
 
Photographer: Alexander Bassano, 72 Piccadilly W, London, England

Card size: 4.25" x 6.5". #S10, 025-04
 

The Cabinet Card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm (4+1⁄4 by 6+1⁄2 inches).

The carte de visite was displaced by the larger cabinet card in the 1880s. In the early 1860s, both types of photographs were essentially the same in process and design. Both were most often albumen prints, the primary difference being the cabinet card was larger and usually included extensive logos and information on the reverse side of the card to advertise the photographer’s services. However, later into its popularity, other types of papers began to replace the albumen process. Despite the similarity, the cabinet card format was initially used for landscape views before it was adopted for portraiture.

Some cabinet card images from the 1890s have the appearance of a black-and-white photograph in contrast to the distinctive sepia toning notable in the albumen print process. These photographs have a neutral image tone and were most likely produced on a matte collodion, gelatin or gelatin bromide paper.

Sometimes images from this period can be identified by a greenish cast. Gelatin papers were introduced in the 1870s and started gaining acceptance in the 1880s and 1890s as the gelatin bromide papers became popular. Matte collodion was used in the same period. A true black-and-white image on a cabinet card is likely to have been produced in the 1890s or after 1900. The last cabinet cards were produced in the 1920s, even as late as 1924.

Owing to the larger image size, the cabinet card steadily increased in popularity during the second half of the 1860s and into the 1870s, replacing the carte de visite as the most popular form of portraiture. The cabinet card was large enough to be easily viewed from across the room when typically displayed on a cabinet, which is probably why they became known as such in the vernacular. However, when the renowned Civil War photographer Mathew Brady first started offering them to his clientele towards the end of 1865, he used the trademark "Imperial Carte-de-Visite." Whatever the name, the popular print format joined the photograph album as a fixture in the late 19th-century Victorian parlor. (ref. Wikipedia)

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Card Cond: VG-VG/EX (some wear), Please see scans for actual condition, (image 4 is for reference only).

This Cabinet Card would make a great addition to your collection or as a Gift (nice for Framing).

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