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Antique carte de visite portrait attributed to William Warren, the nineteenth-century comic actor associated with the Boston Museum theatre.
The accompanying storage sleeve identifies the sitter as “William Warren of Boston, Comic Actor.” This attribution follows the sleeve label; no sitter identification is clearly visible on the card itself.
Full-length studio portrait of a mustached gentleman wearing a long dark coat, waistcoat, bow tie and watch chain, standing beside an ornate table with two books.
The reverse bears a photographic studio imprint that appears to read Black, Case & Co., Boston.
Condition: Age toning, scattered dark specks, spotting and surface marks, with mount edge and corner wear. A small area of lifting or loss is visible at the upper-left edge of the photographic paper. Please review all images for condition.
Exact photograph date is unknown. Sale includes the original physical mounted photograph shown. Display props are not included.