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Amos Leeds, Confidence Operator

Artist Charles D. Fredricks (American, 1823 - 1894)
Dateca. 1860
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (20 × 14.92 cm)
Mount: 13 11/16 × 10 11/16 inches (34.77 × 27.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3989
Signednone
InscribedInscription on mount recto, bottom, in black pen: "Amos Leeds, Confidence Operator / Alias "Morrison" / Alias Comstock".
MarkingsOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "14933"; On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "390-3-97", "F852", "73:181:6".
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DescriptionVintage salt print on Fredricks' mount (original ID has been erased). Oval image of a man in a suit.
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