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Original antique carte-de-visite portrait identified in ink and faint pencil on the reverse as “Mrs. J. H. Allen.”
Seated studio portrait showing the actress with long ringlets, earrings, and a lace-trimmed dress, resting one hand beside her face while leaning against a fringed upholstered chair.
Front bears the Gurney & Son photographer’s credit. Reverse features the J. Gurney & Son photographic artists’ emblem and 707 Broadway, New York address.
Sepia photograph on a rounded-corner card mount. Visible age toning, scattered spotting and staining, edge wear, and pronounced creasing and fraying at the upper-right front corner, corresponding to the upper-left reverse. Please examine both photographs for condition.
Handwritten names are presented as identification, not authenticated autographs. Includes the original physical photograph and mount only. Display props are not included.