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Lot 179
Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
300
Price Realized
$366
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Quarter plate postmortem ruby ambrotype of a young child.
Horizontally-oriented post-mortem portrait of a young child dressed in a plaid gown or robe. The subject appears to have a small sprig of flowers, which have been hand-tinted red, in his/her hand. (Minor imperfections to plate, few spots to mat.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, surface wear).
The Robert W. Lisle History of Photography Collection
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

