Eye of the Beholder : Images of People with Vision Loss in the Nineteenth Century
Object ID:
2001.64
Title:
Carte de visite, Portrait of a blind man
Photographer:
Thompson
Place:
Amesbury, MA
Date:
n.d.
Description:
Sepia-toned photo mounted on card stock. A bearded blind man wearing a dark suit jacket with lapels and a white shirt. Printed diagonally on the back center of the card is "Thompson, Amesbury , Mass." with decorative trim. Cartes de visite were popular during the Civil War era.
Medium:
Card stock
Print Size:
4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.
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