LOT 14: Benjamin Disraeli – Original Albumen CDV Photograph by Mayall, London, 19th Century

Original albumen Carte-de-Visite (CDV) portrait photograph of Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British statesman and author of Jewish ancestry, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and later Earl of Beaconsfield. Disraeli is portrayed seated in an armchair, reading a book. Photographed by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, one of the leading British photographers of the 19th century. The mount is printed “Mayall Photo. – London”, while the reverse bears the studio mark “Photographed from Life by Mayall, 224 Regent Street, London.” The reverse also identifies the publisher as Marion, Son & Co., 22 & 23 Soho Square, London, and bears an old pencil inscription “Disraeli.” An attractive original Victorian photographic portrait of Disraeli, retaining the photographer’s and publisher’s original marks.

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