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Lot 229
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$200 -
400
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$406
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of two musicians, tentatively identified.
Quarter plate seated portrait of two male musicians, one holding a fiddle and bow, the other holding a guitar. (Image with very few blemishes; unsealed.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (surface wear, loss). Accompanied by slip of paper with inked identifications: "Fayette McGowan / Howell C. Merriman (guitar)." Both men pose as if they are tuning their instruments.