Mexican Pyrotechnician
SOLD March 2013 |
CDV-format albumen print circa 1870 showing a group of Latin American youngsters, probably Mexico, with celebratory materials including a drum and huge fireworks display with pinwheels perched atop one youngsters head. Inscribed in French at bottom "Indien artificier" ("Indian pyrotechnician").
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