Reverse Painting on Glass: “Absent but not Forgotten,” circa 1850s-60s

$5,000 · Offered by Between the Covers

Reverse painting on glass measuring (10 ½” x 13 ½”) housed in a decorated wood frame (14 ½” x 17”). A mid-nineteenth century glass plate memorial designed and hand lettered in sliver, green, and silver foil leaf; with an albumen cabinet card portrait (most likely a photographic copy of a...... More

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