Swann Galleries - The Vernacular Eye - Sale 2345 - April 17, 2014 - page 103

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(POP PHOTOGRAPHICA)
A matrimonial memento uniting Mr. W.J.
Bucklin with his beloved, Miss Ida I. Fulkerson.
A printed marriage certificate comprising 2
nestled tintypes and a carte-de-visite;each image
approximately 3x4 inches (7.6x10.2 cm.), and
the sheet size 18x14 inches (45.7x35.6 cm.);
framed.1875
[500/750]
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POP PHOTOGRAPHICA
A 19th-century FamilyTree with a handwritten
title,“Bless Our Home,” containing 11 portraits
of John McBonner’s large American family.
Chromolithograph with 10 tintypes (delicately
hand-tinted) and a single printing-out paper
print, each measures 3x2 inches (7.6x5.1 cm.),
and with a name handwritten below the image;
in the original oak frame. 1888
[800/1,200]
From the Collection of John Silverstein.
An endearing folk object housed in its period frame.
The tree is bursting with red fruit (perhaps apples),
which reflects the virtues associated with a Christian
family,“Truth,”“Honor,”“Faith,”“Hope,”“Piety,”
“Patience,”“Charity,” etc.
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