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Chinese Merchant

Artist Thomas Houseworth (American, 1828 - 1915)
Dateca. 1870
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/8 × 6 1/16 inches (7.94 × 15.4 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3739
SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "CHINESE. / By Thomas Houseworth & Co."
InscribedOn mount recto, right edge, in black type: "No. 9 Montgomery St. (under Lick House), S.F. / Photographs made to order, in any part / of the State or Coast."; On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "113. CHINESE MERCHANT.".
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DescriptionImage of a man standing in profile behind a small round table. Behind him fabric is draped beside the bust of a man on a decorative stand.
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