Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Late 19th-Century

A Collection of Late 19th-Century Crayon Portrait Solar Enlargements in Ornate Period Frames - A collection of four antique late 19th-century portrait photographs, identified as solar enlargements with hand-applied charcoal or pastel detailing, commonly known as crayon portraits. The subjects include a young child in a gown, a young man in formal attire, an elderly woman wearing a white bonnet, and an elderly man with a full beard. The portraits are housed in a variety of ornate Victorian-era frames, including deep-coved gilded and silvered composite frames with intricate floral and scrollwork molding, and one large circular frame featuring elaborate openwork scrolls. The photographs are mounted behind glass. There are no visible signatures, studio marks, or labels on the photographs or the frames. Woman's portrait frame: 25.5 inches width by 21.5 inches height Other frames are of a similar large-format scale.