Details
TWEED, WILLIAM MARCY ("Boss") (1823-1878). Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("W M Tweed") by Churchill & Denison, Albany (imprint on verso), n.d. [circa 1873]. 82 x 60 mm. (3¼ x 2 3/8 in.), including mount, "New York" written in old hand below signature. A shoulder-length portrait of the corrupt New York mayor, signed on the lower portion of the image.
Provenance
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 139).