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Lot 11:
A Late 19th/Early 20th Century Hand-Colored Photographic Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a Giltwood and Gesso Frame
Description
A hand-colored photographic print, characteristic of late 19th to early 20th-century formats such as cabinet cards or enlargements from cartes de visite (CDVs). The portrait depicts an elderly woman in a head-and-shoulders format, wearing a dark dress with a circular brooch and a dark cap adorned with light-colored flowers. The print is set under glass within an ornate, giltwood and gesso frame, featuring classical floral and foliate decorative elements. No visible textual markings are discernible on the portrait.
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