Lot 171

Cabinet Card Couple with Book and Stereoview – Honeore NY

Estimate: $50 - $400

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Albumen cabinet card portrait of a young couple posed in a studio interior, photographed by Smick of Honeore, New York. The seated woman holds a stereoview card while the man stands beside a decorative easel and elaborately framed print and copy of a boolk titled "Wit of Women."Studio props include an elaborate chair and small table with a stereoscope. Clothing and mount style suggest a date in the 1880s.

The inclusion of a stereoview within the portrait suggests a commemorative or personal context, possibly representing a family image or favored view. Such self-referential photographic elements are occasionally found in late nineteenth-century studio portraiture.

Mount imprint reads “Smick, Honeore, N.Y.” with photographer’s name in script at lower left.

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