Carte de visite of the famous nineteenth century actor and great friend of Dickens

£50 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Image by Horatio Nelson King, photographer, taken in Macready’s later years. Another similar example of of a photo of Macready by King can be found in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG x15487). Carte de visite affixed to part of a 19th century album leaf but otherwise in very good condition.

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