[CIRCUS] [SIDESHOWS] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [RUSSIA] Carte de visite (CDV) depicting a Russian sideshow performer missing an eye
Published by A. Ouyne [?], St. Petersburg, Russia, 1885
- Used
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.Cleveland Book Company, ABAA
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One carte de visite, measuring about 2 1/2" x 4 1/8" (65mm x 105mm). A ca. 1885 carte de visite depicting a Russian circus or sideshow performer, who was missing an eye. In this image, the subject is using some sort of ball-shaped toy attached to a string, which he has placed in his eye socket. The image, slighly overexposed, is in very good condition with perhaps three mild foxing marks. The mound is evenly age-toned, but generally clean. The reverse prints the photographer's name and business information in Russian (we have not attempted to transliterate or translate the image, though our rudimentary skills can at least make out "St. Petersburg" and the slighty more specific neighborhood of "Krasnoye Selo." Certainly a scarce sideshow CDV.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- [CIRCUS] [SIDESHOWS] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [RUSSIA] Carte de visite (CDV) depicting a Russian sideshow performer missing an eye
- Author
- A. OUYNE [?], Photographer
- Publisher
- A. Ouyne [?], St. Petersburg, Russia
- Publication year
- 1885
- Condition
- Very good
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- Photography
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