[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. CDV album containing CDV of African American man and Caucasian woman.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
400
Price Realized
$315
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. CDV album containing CDV of African American man and Caucasian woman.
CDV studio portrait of an African American man sitting in a chair next to a standing, aged, white woman (light toning, minor spotting, clipped lower left corner; discoloration/soiling to mount). Jordan, NY: George H. Dygert, n.d. Photographer's imprint to verso. -- CDV studio portrait of a woman who likely performed as a "Circassian Beauty" in a circus or sideshow, having teased hair and wearing an ornate dress with fringe and multiple strands of beads around her neck (significant toning to image; soiling, discoloration, and significant wear including corner loss to mount). New York: Charles Eisenmann, n.d. Photographer's imprint on mount recto and verso. -- 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. tintype studio portrait of a man standing before a painted backdrop and next to a prop draped with a large fur of some kind (discoloration/wear to edges, few surface abrasions, few bends). N.p., n.d. -- And 47 other portriats including 24 CDVs, 20 tintypes, 2 engravings on paper, and one snapshot, all housed in a gilt embossed leather album. (Heavy wear/some loss to spine, wear to extremities.)
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