Lot 244:
Pair American Solar Crayon Portraits
Description
21 x 25 in. A pair of late 19th-century American enlarged solar crayon portraits, featuring a photographic base hand-embellished with charcoal and crayon. The companion pieces depict bust-length portraits of a mature gentleman with a chin beard, black jacket, and bow tie, and a mature woman with parted hair, a high lace collar, and an oval brooch. Each portrait is composed within an oval vignette against a dark shaded ground. The portraits are housed under glass in matching late-Victorian frames with ebonized wooden.
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