[Ambrotype]: African-American Woman, possibly a Domestic Worker

by Photography

$5,000 · Offered by Between the Covers

[No place - Maryland? circa 1856]. Hardcover. Sixth plate ambrotype portrait. Matted with preserver in original embossed leather case with purple-ish cut velvet pad. Image size approximately 3" x 3½". A couple of faint spots in the background, else the image is crisp and fine, the case is a bit..... More

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