Object ID:
2004.149
Title:
Carte de visite, Portrait of man with tinted eyeglasses and cane seated in ornate chair
Photographer:
Lambert Weston & Son, photographers
Place:
Folkestone, England
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Sepia photo is mounted on a white card. Photo shows a man seated on an ornate wooden chair. He is holding a cane in his right hand and wears a long coat over a vest and trousers. He has short hair, a full beard with mustache, and is wearing tinted eyeglasses. Printed in the bottom margin is "Weston & Son. Dover & Folkestone." Printed on reverse, at center, is a logo and "Photographed From Life by Lambert Weston & Son. Waterloo Crescent Dover, Sandgate Road, Folkestone." Slight foxing on carte. Cartes de visite were popular during the Civil War era.
Medium:
Card stock, paper
Print Size:
4 x 2 1/2 in.
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Portrait of seated blind man
Portrait of seated blind man