Opening: $80 Hammer Price: $220 SOLD Skylight Gallery 28 April 2009

CDV format albumen print of two Chinese men, one holding an umbrella and the second a birdcage, by Bertall, Paris ca. 1867. Imprinted front "Bertall & Cie. Phot." and reverse "Bertall & Cie. / Photographie Rue Boissy D'Anglas, 33 / Ancienne Reu de la Madelaine," along with hand-inked signatures in Chinese characters by the two men shown.   ( Inventory# ic400 )

The chinaman seated with the birdcage looks up with an interesting expression.

Some fading and foxing.

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