Albumen stereoview portrait of 19th-century American clergyman and social reformer Henry Ward Beecher from the Sarony “Stereo Celebrities” series. The close head and shoulders studio portrait shows Beecher with long hair, dressed in formal attire with coat and cravat, photographed against a plain background. The mount is printed “Sarony” and “Stereo Celebrities,” with the address “680 Broadway New York.” The photograph likely dates to the 1870s to early 1880s based on mount style and presentation.
Celebrity portrait stereoviews by Sarony were issued as part of commercial series depicting notable public figures, particularly actors, musicians, and lecturers. The sitter is not identified on the mount. A faint pencil inscription on the verso appears to read “Bucher,” possibly an early ownership notation rather than an identification.
The mount bears a retailer’s label reading “From James Cremer’s Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia.” No printed identification of the sitter is present.
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