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David McGreevy's Blog – April 2015 Archive (1)
Research: Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Lewis Carroll
Hello, I am researching this photo of Rossetti by Carroll. Sorry for my bad quality pics. I believe it's an albumen print, on very thin paper, 5-3/8 x 4 inches. I know the original was taken in 1863, however, the back has a faint pencil inscription: 1873 Life photo. There is an identical print with the oval framing in Morton N. Cohen's Reflections in a Looking…
Added by David McGreevy on April 11, 2015 at 0:00 — 4 Comments
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