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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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