Albumen carte de visite portrait depicting a young child reclining on an upholstered studio chair, holding a dressed puppet or marionette doll. The child wears a light gown and gazes slightly off camera, while the articulated doll rests across the lap with visible painted features and costume.
The mount is printed Pierre Petit, 27–29–31 Place Cadet, Paris in purple script along the lower margin. The verso is blank aside from faint pencil inventory notations and the printed date 1880.
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