5pc Columbia Portrait Co. Late 19th Century Albumen Prints Portrait Collection
A collection of five late 19th-century portraits, including four oval-format solar enlargements and one rectangular albumen group portrait. The subjects comprise four individual female bust-length portraits and one social genre scene depicting two women at a tea table. One oval portrait is hand-tinted in a pink palette. The collection features a variety of ornate period frames including three brass-tone frames with scrolled borders, one square wood frame with a circular gilt mat, and one large rectangular gilt-composition frame with scrolling foliate patterns. Two stamped circular marks on a metal backing plates read Columbia Portrait Co. Chicago.
Dimensions: 10"W x 13"H
Weight: 3.3 lbs
Condition: Good.
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A collection of five late 19th-century portraits, including four oval-format solar enlargements and one rectangular albumen group portrait. The subjects comprise four individual female bust-length portraits and one social genre scene depicting two women at a tea table. One oval portrait is hand-tinted in a pink palette. The collection features a variety of ornate period frames including three brass-tone frames with scrolled borders, one square wood frame with a circular gilt mat, and one large rectangular gilt-composition frame with scrolling foliate patterns. Two stamped circular marks on a metal backing plates read Columbia Portrait Co. Chicago.
Dimensions: 10"W x 13"H
Weight: 3.3 lbs
Condition: Good.