[CIRCUS]. DANIEL, Noel (Ed)Biblio.com
Hand-Colored Portrait of an Unidentified Male Circus Performer in Costume
1870ref. BK0091Likely United States 1870. Photograph approximately 7 ½ × 5 ¼ inches mounted to a larger card with printed oval rules. No photographer's imprint or identification to verso. Mount with edge wear rounded and chipped corners rippling to mount short closed tear at left edge scattered surface wear and spotting; some loss to applied color particularly at the trunks good. A hand-colored albumen photograph showing an unidentified male circus performer or acrobat posed full-length in a studio wearing white tights and slippers decorated trunks wrist cuffs and an elaborate ruffled collar. The performer is likely an acrobat or gymnast. The photograph is unsigned and the subject unidentified; the format and presentation suggest an American origin though similar circus portraits were produced in Europe during the period. unknown
Auger Down Books · Estados UnidosUS$ 300,00≈ € 268,02
