1866 & 1867 SALT LAKE CITY CDV PORTRAITS OF BRIGHAM YOUNG AND A CDV PORTRAIT OF A MORMON PLURAL FAMILY

Group of portraits of Brigham Young and a family portrait of a plural family. Views include: 

1. Vignetted bust-length studio portrait of Brigham Young. Albumen CDV. Savage & Ottinger, 1866. 

Charles R. Savage (1832-1909) learned the photographic arts in New York City, and after conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emigrated to Utah, taking portraits of Mormon travellers in Coucil Bluffs. He partnered with George Ottinger (b. 1832) from 1862 until the mid 1870s.

2. Vignetted bust-length studio portrait of Brigham Young. Albumen carte-de-visite. Salt Lake City, Utah Territory: E. Martin, 1867. Photographer's East Temple St. imprint printed to verso. INSCRIBED by the photographer to verso: "Prest. B. Young / Copyright secured / October 1st 1867 / U.T." 

Edward Martin (d. 1882) emigrated to Salt Lake City with the first Mormon wagon train from Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846, and fought in the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican War. He is best remembered for his portraits of prominent Church members. 

3. Mormon Family. Group studio portrait. Albumen CDV.  Salt Lake City, Utah Territory: C.W. Carter. Imprint to verso. Period title inscription to verso. 

A rare view showing a family that practiced plural marriage. The patriarch sits at center with 3 wives and their many children. Plural marriage (or polygamy) was publicly practiced by Church founder Joseph Smith and Church president Brigham Young and by many Church members until it was abolished in 1890 by the Manifesto. 

4. Oval vignetted portrait of Brigham Young. Salt Lake City, Utah: C.W. Carter. Imprint to verso. 

5. Vignetted bust-length studio portrait of Brigham Young. Albumen cabinet card. Salt Lake City, Utah: Fort Symons A

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