c1881 Brown Barnes & Bell Victorian CDV Gentleman Portrait England #1405

Original Victorian cabinet card photograph by Brown, Barnes & Bell, circa 1881–1883, featuring an unidentified older gentleman in formal attire. This is an attractive early British cabinet portrait with the photographer’s name printed beneath the image and a highly decorative advertising back listing Brown, Barnes & Bell studios in Liverpool, London, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Wigan, Hanley and Bootle. The reverse also advertises the firm’s prize medals, Royal Letters Patent for artistic improvements in photography, portrait painting services and retained negatives. The combination of listed studio addresses helps date this example to the early 1880s. Brown, Barnes & Bell was a prominent Victorian photographic firm whose portraits are represented in major British collections. Details: * Photographer: Brown, Barnes & Bell * Date: circa 1881–1883 * Format: Victorian cabinet card * Subject: Unidentified gentleman * Country: England * Original period photograph * Ornate multi-studio advertising back * “Copyright Reserved” printed beneath image * Light age-related wear, spotting and surface marks consistent with an original 140+ year-old photograph A desirable example for collectors of Victorian photography, British cabinet cards, early photographic studios and 19th-century portraiture.