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SOLD November 2005 |
CDV-format albumen print of dog holding letter in mouth, ca. 1860s, with applied hand-coloring in red and brown.
A cute carte-de-visite in superb condition. Tones are rich and unfaded. There is a light circular impression in the upper left, as if the card had been pressed against a coin or button. Bright red has been applied to the seal on letter and then a brown wash to the dirt underneath the dog, apparently some sort of spaniel.
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