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S10, 025-08, 1870s, Cabinet Card, Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer S10, 025-08, 1870s, Cabinet Card, Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer
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Description You are offerding on an original Antique 1870's Cabinet Card Photograph, Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer (Seymour).
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Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer, Countess Spencer, VA (née Seymour; 28 September 1835 – 31 October 1903) was a British philanthropist. Born in the London residence of her maternal grandfather, the 1st Marquess of Bristol, she was the youngest daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour and his second wife Lady Augusta Hervey. In 1858 Charlotte married John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer; they had no children.
Lady Spencer was active in philanthropic causes. In the 1860s she founded the Supplemental Ladies Association, an organisation of upper-class women that "adopted" missions within poorer areas of the East End of London and allowed them to appeal directly to the group for material aid. She later published a book documenting her observations of this work.
Charlotte Frances Frederica Seymour was born on 28 September 1835 in the London residence of her maternal grandfather, Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol. Her mother, Lady Augusta, was Bristol's eldest daughter. Her father, Frederick Charles William Seymour, was a younger son of Lord Hugh Seymour, an admiral in the Royal Navy. Charlotte had two half-siblings from her father's first marriage to Lady Mary Gordon, and five full siblings from his second marriage to Lady Augusta. She and her two full sisters were all considered beautiful by London society; one sister married Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden and the other wedded Lord Charles Bruce. (ref. Wikipedia)
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Photographer: Chancellor, 55 Lower Sackville St., Dublin, Ireland
Card size: 4.25" x 6.5". #S10, 025-08
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 3 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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