Lot Essay
The boy's clothes and bow tie look obviously too large and were probably supplied by the photographer.
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YEE WOH (San Francisco)
Portrait of a Chinese boy in American costume, 1858
Ninth-plate ambrotype, lightly hand-tinted, gilt-metal mount, paper label inscribed in pencil with photographer's name and dated 27-12-58, S.F., morocco-backed folding case.
Portrait of a Chinese boy in American costume, 1858
Ninth-plate ambrotype, lightly hand-tinted, gilt-metal mount, paper label inscribed in pencil with photographer's name and dated 27-12-58, S.F., morocco-backed folding case.