POP PHOTOGRAPHICA A 19th century Family Tree with a handwrit

Sale 2345 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 1,920

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

POP PHOTOGRAPHICA
A 19th-century Family Tree with a handwritten title, "Bless Our Home," containing 11 portraits of John McBonner's large American family. Chromolithograph with 10 tintypes (delicately hand-tinted) and a single printing-out paper print, each measures 3x2 inches (7.6x5.1 cm.), and with a name handwritten below the image; in the original oak frame. 1888

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From the Collection of John Silverstein.

An endearing folk object housed in its period frame. The tree is bursting with red fruit (perhaps apples), which reflects the virtues associated with a Christian family, "Truth," "Honor," "Faith," "Hope," "Piety," "Patience," "Charity," etc.