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Photography by the Debenhams


Lady in very large dress


Albumen print, about 1863–1865

William Elliott Debenham started in business as a portrait photographer at 158 Regent Street in the early 1860s, probably in 1863, and this Carte from negative number 1545 is from that time. The plain background and absence of carpet are another indication of its age.

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