Description

Description: Leland Stanford (1824-1893) radiates power as he faces the camera head-on in this impressive chest-up original boudoir cabinet photograph.

7 5/8″ x 4 3/4″. There is a lengthy modern inked note on the verso describing Stanford and his connection to the previous owner’s family. Item #P00267

Stanford was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He migrated to California during the Gold Rush in 1852 and became a successful merchant and wholesaler. He was an influential executive of the Central Pacific Railroad and later of the Southern Pacific railroads from 1861 to 1890. He also played a significant role as a shareholder and executive in the early history of Pacific Life and Wells Fargo. Stanford served as the eighth governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893. He and his wife Jane founded Stanford University, named after their late son.

Condition: “Leland Stanford” written in pencil beneath the oval vignette, some paper loss on verso from previous mounting in an album. A striking photograph in good condition.