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THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S STUDIO
Oil on canvas study of a studio, the photographer with hand on brass lens cap of a sliding-box wet-plate camera, mounted on a studio stand, and directing the camera towards a man in peasant's attire, the photographer's assistant surveying the scene, in gilt frame, circa 1860 - 50 x 40in. (127 x 102cm.)
Oil on canvas study of a studio, the photographer with hand on brass lens cap of a sliding-box wet-plate camera, mounted on a studio stand, and directing the camera towards a man in peasant's attire, the photographer's assistant surveying the scene, in gilt frame, circa 1860 - 50 x 40in. (127 x 102cm.)
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, Cameras and Photographic Equipment, 5 December 1985, lot 117.