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Lot 81
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate ambrotype of a clown. Circ...
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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| $500 | $50 |
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate ambrotype of a clown. Circa 1860s. Full-length portrait ambrotype with coloring in blue and red depicting a young male clown, wearing a striped shirt and stockings, pant legs with two stars and the letters ?S? and ?M.? Case lacks cover. A RARE occupational and performing arts image from this period. This image was published in The Circus: 1870-1950 (Taschen, 2008), p. 416.
