Original Photographic Portrait of William Dean Howells by Alvin F. Bradley.
Place and Imprint: New York: A. F. Bradley, [circa 1905-06].
Condition: Reside of tap in the outer margins of the sheet; slightly toned; in very good condition.
Book ID: 29101
Physical Description
A 22 x 15.5 cm (image) oval photographic portrait of William Dean Howells on a 31.5 x 21 cm sheet, signed below the image by the photographer and Howells, whose signature is dated April 8, 1907.Comments
A fine photographic portrait of one of the great men of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920), by one of the prominent portrait photographers of New York society at the turn of the century, Alvin F. Bradley. Bradley (1862-1948) and his Bradley Studio on Fifth Avenue capitalized on the popularity of portrait photography among the wealthy and fashionable. Wilson's Photographic Magazine published a profile of Bradley in its February, 1906, issue, in which this photograph of Howells was noted as an example of his "forceful portraits." Howells, for his part, loved the camera and being photographed.Price: $500.00
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