splendid large portrait of John Burroughs. Photographic Portrait by Pach Brothers., 1890s

John Burroughs (1837-1921) was, after Henry David Thoreau, the greatest American nature essayist. He played an important role in the development of he American conservation movement. Burroughs is also remembered for his close friendship with Walt Whitman, whom he resembled in old age.

$3,800

Portrait of Artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Mexico City, 1952, printed 2017

$3,500

Fabulous Albumen Photograph depicting Richardson and his great-grandson as they appeared in the Statue of Liberty Parade in New York. New York: Benjamin Richardson, c. 1886

Benjamin Richardson, the great collector of patriotic Americana, owned and rode in George Washington’s carriage in the Statue of Liberty dedication paradise in New York in 1886.

$3,500

Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg. Petersburg, Va., October 1864

This fascinating photograph is a variant of the image shown in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War. In that image, a group of Union officers including the chief of artillery of the Army of the Potomac stands in the foreground, while five members of the mortar crew stand in the background. In the present photograph, shells have been moved to the foreground, and the full crew of nine men is present. The photographs are otherwise essentially identical.

$3,500

Inspection of Union Troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Virginia. Cumberland Landing, Virginia, May 1862

This famous view shows a Union Army encampment at Cumberland Landing on the Pamunkey in Virginia.

$3,500

Portrait of Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. New York, 1949, printed 2017.

$2500 unframed; framed: $3,000

Portrait of Albert Einstein and Ilse Sternberger. Princeton, New Jersey, 1950, printed 2017

This photograph shows a reunion of friends. The Sternbergers and Einstein had known one another in Europe and met again in Princeton. Ilse was Sternberger’s wife, collaborator, and perennial foil. She was a constant source of warmth during sometimes-contentious sittings. She also helped document their life, publishing several articles on Sternberger’s work and their sessions with famous sitters after his death.

$2500 unframed; framed: $3,000

The Ninth Avenue El. New York, 1893

The Ninth Avenue Elevated was New York’s first elevated railway, opened in 1868 as a cable-hauled line and extended northward in stages, reaching 116th Street by 1891.

$2,900

Photograph signed. Photographer unidentified, c. 1870s

Sherman is most famous for the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first major federal action to curb the power of the great monopolies.

$2,800

Two photographs: Kutub Minar & Great Arch. Delhi, c. 1866. [and] Great Arch and Iron Pillar. Delhi, 1866

This is a splendid pair of Samuel Bourne views of the Qutb complex in Delhi.

$2,800