Elegant & Scarce Civil War Era Photo Album Farmville, Virginia Paulette Family

  

The album was obviously complied by a girl or lady given the romantic gender orientation in the images. There are only three images of actual persons (ladies) in the album with two showing Farmville, Va. Photographers identifications and the other an actress portraying Joan of Arc. Several of the cdv's have been beautifully hand- colored and methodically organized.

The rarity however does not necessarily point towards the images, but the Carte de visite album itself. I seen only one other example of this album in 40 years of collecting and that example was not nearly in the condition this one represents. This album had an unidentified artist adorn the pages with a nautical theme art using a technique known as "fore-edge painting, " in which the book is fanned open using a special press, letting the artist create a painting across the edges of the pages that become visible when the album is closed. The beauty of the technique is complimented by the gold gilting to the edges and aesthetic perfection of the tooled brass latches. Elegant & Scarce Civil War Era Photo Album Farmville, Virginia Paulette Family. The rarity however does not necessarily point towards the images, but the. This album had an unidentified artist adorn the pages with a nautical theme art using a technique known as "fore-edge painting, " in which the book is fanned open using a special press. Letting the artist create a painting across the edges of the pages that become visible when the album is closed. / 6' 1/2 x 9 inches and 3' inches in height. Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing.