Fanny Fern

About this book

Contains one albertype of a portrait of Fanny Fern. A small caption on this plate reads: Bierstadt's Alberttype, N.Y. This is "only the second example published in a book of Bierstadt's work. It could be that the Jackson project for the government was occupying the shop, but collotypists also produced considerable work in handbills, flyers, labels, etc., and therefore book illustration was seen as a very minor part of their operations." -- Hanson Collection Catalogue, p. 49.