FAMOUS MEN CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS: An excellent selection of nine original 4 x 7 cabinet photographs of various 19th ...

FAMOUS MEN CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS: An excellent selection of nine original 4 x 7 cabinet photographs of various 19th century writers, scientists and artists, all of them leading figures in their fields, comprising IVAN TURGENEV (1818-1883) Russian Novelist and Playwright. Photograph by M. Panoff of Moscow, Imperial family photographer; GUSTAVE EIFFEL (1832-1923) French Civil Engineer, designer of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. An excellent photograph by Eug. Pirou, Paris, bearing the photographer´s imprint to the lower mount and a very attractive one to the verso; AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) French Sculptor. A good M. Kivatizky photograph, Paris, bearing a good half length pose image of Rodin and the photographer´s imprint to the lower mount and to the verso; LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895) French Chemist & Microbiologist. A Chalot photograph from Paris; CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) English Novelist. Sepia image. No photographer´s reference. JEAN-BAPTISTE COROT (1796-1875) French Painter. Photograph by Maison Ad. Braun, from Paris; HENRIK IBSEN (1828-1906) Norwegian Playright. Often referred to as ''The Father of Realism''. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. A Nublin photograph from Christiania, Oslo; EMILE ZOLA (1840-1902) French Writer. Photograph by Bacard Fils, Paris, and the photographer´s imprint to the lower mount and to the verso, and ALFRED DREYFUS (1859-1935) French Officer of Jewish faith whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most controversial political dramas in French history, the incident is known as the Dreyfus Affair. Photograph by A. Gerschel, Paris, with the photographer´s imprint to the lower mount and to the verso. All images depicting the personages in head and shoulders poses. VG, 9 £1200-2000