The Tichborne Claimant Trial Album: cartes-de-visite by various photographers, 1860s-1870s
183 Portraits in set
The Tichborne Trials were the most controversial court cases of the Victorian age, and two of the longest in English legal history, captivating popular imagination from the Claimant’s arrival in England in 1866 until the case’s end more than eight years later. They involved an aristocratic family, the Tichbornes, and a poor Australian immigrant who claimed to be one of them in a battle over the Tichborne title and estate. This legal event left a legacy that is also political and cultural. The trials led to English legal reform and changes in the law. They revealed the divisions of power inherent in English society, splitting public opinion as the establishment mainly stood against the Claimant, who was also called Tomas Castro or Arthur Orton, while the working-classes mainly supported him. Press commentary was vociferous throughout and the public revelled in the daily reports of the case. Collectible cartes-de-visite of the main protagonists and other ephemera contributed to the sense of spectacle.
Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Thomas Helsby
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873 (1854)
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by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
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by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, (29 April 1858)
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by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Maison Lefevre Frères, after Charles Reutlinger
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by Makzamoff, after Unknown artist
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Henri d'Artois, Count of Chambord
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Unknown man, formerly known as Samuel Anderson Emery
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Harriette Felicité (née Seymour), Lady Doughty-Tichborne
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873 (1860s)
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by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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'The Claimant of the Tichborne Baronetcy' (Arthur Orton)
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Unknown artist
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1871-1874 (mid 1860s)
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