Naples Street Puppeteer
SOLD March 2018 |
CDV-format albumen print with applied hand-coloring, showing a street piper with dancing puppets strung from his knee, circa 1870 by Giorio Sommer, Naples. Faintly numbered "N2752" in negative front, photographer's imprint verso reading "Grandes Medailles d'or / Georges Sommer / Photographe / Naples / Atelier Monte di Dio No. 4 au 1ier / Magazin Ste Caterina No. 5."
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