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authentic mid-19th-century photographic portrait, 1850s/1860s. The piece features a formal studio portrait of a dapper Victorian gentleman sporting a classic period mustache and goatee, wearing a patterned cravat. The photograph is elegantly preserved beneath a beautifully detailed, ornate stamped brass mat with a scalloped inner frame and geometric borders. The image is housed in its original split-half, leather-covered wood frame case. The left inner panel retains its original, faded reddish-brown velvet cushion featuring a distinctive embossed urn/vase motif. The exterior of the case shows a complementary pressed floral relief design. A remarkable piece of early American photographic history. 3” x 2.5 As is