Original Antique CDV Photo of Author & Abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher iran in very good antique condition

in very good antique condition with some light mount edge wear

at Tazewell

an engraver and printer

There is light silvering visible in the blacks when held at an angle

Original Antique CDV Photo of Author & Abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher iran in very good antique conditionVery nice original circa 1870 carte de visite of the famous abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, and the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin among other classics. Photographer was the famous Napoleon Sarony studio. In very good antique condition with a small bit of mount wear. The back is blank other than "Beecher" in light period pencil, as is undamaged. 4" x 2. 5".