Cabinet Charles Eisenmann Card Photo Midget Henrietta Moritz New York

Description: Charles Eisenmann of New York Antique Cabinet Card Photograph of Known P.T. Barnum Circus Midget, Henrietta Moritz In good condition for its age. Very clear photo around her, sepia photo with glossy finish. Henrietta Moritz is dressed nicely for photo standing at a table. The front & back has some expected yellowing and foxing to the pressed paper card, light scratches to surface of photo, edges of card are variegated, corners slightly worn. Eisenmann Photo New York is scripted below image in brown/gold lettering, photo slightly covers part of photographer's info. Henrietta Moritz's name is lightly written in pencil on reverse and "age 20 years". The card measures 4 1/4" x 6 3/8" and the photo itself is 3 5/8" x 5 6/8". Always refer to the photos prior to bidding. See Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia information on Charles Eisenmann below. As with all of our items, what you see is exactly what you'll get. Up for auction is descripted in the Title box. Nice color, and a nice piece of history. This item is from a family collection that they collected/bought as early as the 1970's, that's when they had a brick n mortar, with too many items to grade, appraise or otherwise, and has been in storage for 20+ years, so we are just trying to clear things out. By no means are we authenticators of any of these items, we try to give adequate information to the best of our ability. Any questions or concerns please email prior to bidding/purchase to ensure your satisfaction of the item you are looking to purchase, and please refer to the photos, for your opinion of condition, etc. If you are truly interested in this item, feel free to email an offer, if bidding hasn't already begun. We have a 14-Day Return Policy, so be assured of your satisfaction. Please review the return item details and our feedback. If there is a problem, we will be quick to resolve it, (even after receipt of purchase, before leaving neutral/negative feedback contact us, thank you). Payment via pay pal and/or other arrangements should be paid within 3 days. As you check out and/or upon completion of the transaction, please leave your positive feedback and we will do the same because we enjoy satisfied customers. We do combine shipping (Free Shipping in the US Only), so check out our other many selection of items and if you win more than one bid we will send you a revised invoice. Thanks for your interest! Happy bidding! Enjoy eBay!Charles Eisenmann Charles Eisenmann (October 5, 1855 – December 8, 1927) was a famous New York photographer during the late 1880s who worked in the Bowery district. Eisenmann's photography was sold in the form of Cabinet cards, popular in this era, available to the middle class. Eisenmann also supplied Duke Tobacco Company with cheesecake photography to stuff in their tobacco cans. The book Victorian Cartes-de-Visite credits Eisenmann with being the most prolific and well known photographer when it comes to Cabinet cards. His work was the subject of a 1979 monograph, Monsters of the Gilded Age, focusing on his work on human oddities from the Barnum and Bailey circus, with a notable widely circulated picture of Jojo the Dog-faced Boy. Although a number of his photographs were of obvious fakes (called "gaffed freaks"),[3] many others were genuinely anomalous, including the giant Ruth Goshen, the four-legged girl Myrtle Corbin, and the Siamese twins Chang and Eng and Millie and Christine. Victorian society and circus freaksIn the late 1880s, A new phenomenaon appeared with Victorian society's fascination and sympathy for people who appeared to have genetic abnormalities. There was much publicity, for example, over Princess Alexandra's attention to Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man." Eisenmann saw the golden opportunity in this fascination, and photographed circus people dressed as Victorian society, and conversely Victorian society with circus props. In New York city circus people were quite well received, as evidenced by the proliferation of dime museums and the PT Barnum circus located in New York. One of Eisenmann's subjects, Charles Stratton (Major Tom Thumb) was quite well known, and his wedding was quite the affair. "The couple’s elaborate wedding took place in Grace Episcopal Church in New York City. The Astors and the Vanderbilts were said to have attended as Barnum sold tickets for $75."[ Other prestigious clients included Mark Twain, and Annie Oakley. In some ways Eisenmann can be considered a kind of Annie Leibovitz of the Victorian Bowery district. His career suffered a downturn with the introduction of Gelatin silver process photography which made photographs more inexpensive and available for mass consumption Also, Vaudeville overtook circuses in popularity at this time as well. In 1898 Eisenmann closed his studio and was succeeded by Frank Wendt. Frank was a sort of intern of his.[ For a few years, he sold photographic equipment and took conventional portraits in Plainfield, New Jersey but by 1907 he had disappeared from the public record,[ some believing he went to Germany. This was the second time he went off the radar, the first time being when his first wife died. At that time he was believed to have gone to Asia. Eventually, in the early 1900s, he resurfaced as the head of the photography department for DuPont taking pictures of employees. He died in 1927. A collection of his photographs was auctioned off through Sothebys in 1991, with an estimated price of between $15,000 and $25,000 for the large collection. 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Location: Harrison, Arkansas

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