Lot of four original antique Victorian cabinet card portrait photographs dating to the late 1800s, all from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania studios. The collection includes 2 male portraits and 2 female portrait, each mounted on decorative embossed studio cardstock with ornate gilt advertising backs.

Studios represented include:

* Morris – 16 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh

* J.R. Pearson – 96 Fifth Ave. & 43–45 Federal St., Allegheny City, PA

* Maham – 43 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh

* William Jessen – 41 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh

The portraits feature classic Victorian-era fashion and styling, including high-collar dresses, floral bodice accents, bow ties, frock coats, and period hairstyles/beards. The backs display beautiful gold lithograph artwork and typography typical of premium cabinet cards from the 1880s–1890s.