19th century oval sepia photograph of a child seated on a low bench

by Photograph, Smith's Studio of Photography

$400 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Housed in an elaborately decorated wood frame with gilt, fabric, and hand-painted mat. 1 vols. Image 5 x 3-1/2 inches; overall frame is 14-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Fine condition. Item #30592 The elaborately dressed child, wearing a pensive look, sits on a low plush-covered bench; the photographer's advertisement on back for “Children's Photos par excellence” gives the firm's address as 206 N. Clark Street, in what was Chicago's

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