| Unidentified creator Folk art memorial 1904 Tintype, 1/6 plate, framed memorial 26 x 13 3/4 ins (66 x 34.9 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Important Photobooks & Photographs, May 19, 2011, Sale 2248 Lot: 134 LL/43856 Piece of folk art commemorating the death of a father. Reverse painting on glass with hand-applied silver leaf and other painted embellishments including flowers and curlicues, with a sixth-plate tintype set in to an oval cut-out at the lower edge.
This object was featured in an exhibition at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida. Secure the Shadow: Death and Photography in America, 102.
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