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Original antique Victorian cabinet photograph showing four women posed together in a studio rowboat scene.
A wonderful and unusual composition featuring four elaborately dressed women wearing period hats, posed inside a prop wooden rowboat with an oar, simulated water and painted studio scenery.
Reverse is stamped in red:
J. HUESSGEN
PHOTOGRAPHER
Pt. Washington, Wis.
“Pt. Washington” refers to Port Washington, Wisconsin.
Dating approximately to the late 1880s–1890s based on the cabinet photograph format, clothing and hairstyles. Exact date and identities of the women are unknown.
Measures approximately 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.
Original antique condition with expected age-related toning, light spotting, surface wear and edge/corner wear. Photographer's stamp remains clearly visible on the reverse. Please examine photographs carefully for condition.
A particularly appealing Victorian novelty studio photograph with an unusual four-woman rowboat tableau and identified Wisconsin photographer.
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