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Ambrotype
A563

Size
Date
Country
Artist
Sitter
Case

1/6
ca 1890-1900
UK
Unknown
Unknown
Wall case

Notes

For reasons unknown the face of one of these women was removed thoroughly. Both the emulsion on the front as well as the varnish on the back have been scratched out.

Either it was someone disliked very much or a superstition that a loved one who had passed had to be removed so their soul could be set free.

 

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