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Ambrotype
A305

Size
Date
Country
Artist
Sitter
Case

1/9
ca 1857
Edinburgh
Henry Smith
Unknown
No case

Black veiled woman holding an umbrella.

"H Smith's One Shilling Portrait, Edinburgh"

In June 1857 Henry Smith advertised for the first time with one shilling
portraits. He had printed labels behind his photos in 1859. This must be
one of his early images, where he wrote his details on the back by hand.

From the same studio:

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