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Lot of 4 hand-tinted French genre stereoviews, c. 1860s — working life and street types, on the original yellow mounts.
— The shop crew — working men and boys, caps, vests and kerchiefs, standing together in the courtyard to pose for the camera
— The cobbler at his bench beneath his painted trade sign, "AU GALANT SAVETIER" (The Gallant Cobbler) — tools on the bench, a customer at the door
— A street musician in troubadour dress playing the lute, pipe clenched in his teeth
— One boy asleep in the hay, the other holding up the sleeper's own shoe: a prank in progress.
Hand-applied color throughout; unmarked mounts, as issued. Genuine occupational and genre studies — the everyday working world that is the rarest corner of the stereoview market: famous places are common; ordinary life is not.
Condition: period wear consistent with age — mounts with surface soil and edge scuffs; a vertical crease through the right image of the musician card and a corner crease on the children card (both visible in the photos). Images retain strong detail and good original color.
Guaranteed authentic 1860s originals — not reproductions.
