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Lot 166

CDV Man with an Unusual Stereoscope Viewer

Estimate: $50 - $1,000
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Albumen carte de visite portrait dating circa 1860s to 1870s depicting a standing man posed beside a small draped table. Resting on the table beneath his hand is a tabletop stereoscope viewer with hinged lid and viewing hood. The sitter wears a jacket, vest, bow tie, and trousers, standing against a plain studio backdrop. The verso bears an ornate printed imprint reading European Art Gallery, Amboy, Ill., with decorative vignette and the line Negatives preserved for future orders. G. Lewis is listed as operator. Pink mount with decorative red typography on the reverse. Pencil inventory notation appears along the lower edge.

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