Vignette portrait of an unidentified boy. Adelaide, circa 1865.

A$50 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 100 x 61 mm (mount), verso with imprint of The Adelaide Photographic Company, Neales Buildings, King William St. ; both the print and mount are in fine condition. A superb vignette head-and-shoulders portrait of a strikingly handsome youth, no doubt a scion of one of Adelaide s elite families. The tartan fabric of his shirt (or jacket?) suggests a Scottish heritage. The Adelaide Photographic Company was at this address from 1864 to 1867, and was managed by F. S. Crawford between 1864 and 1866.

• Binding: Hardcover

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