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Profile Portrait of Woman Reading, 1870's

3.5 x 2.75 inch Ambrotype, 1/6 plate in Original Kiri-Wood Case

Hori was an early practitioner of the wetplate process in the Kansai region and did a series of ambrotypes on Boshin War soldiers in 1868. He instigated an important and incredibly artful practice, capturing the merchant and artist and soldier classes of Kyoto with great humanity and clarity. Hori's son (Hori II) inherited the family business in 1880, and turned it into one of the most prosperous studios in Kyoto.

Profile Portrait of Woman Reading
Profile Portrait of Woman Reading
Profile Portrait of Woman Reading
Masumi Hori I Profile Portrait of Woman Reading

Price $4,000

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Profile Portrait of Woman Reading
Profile Portrait of Woman Reading
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Description

Ref.# 9071

Medium Ambrotype

Photo Date 1870c  Print Date 1870c

Dimensions 3.5 x 2.75 in. (89 x 70 mm)

Photo Country Japan

Photographer Country Japan

Company
Charles Schwartz Ltd.



 

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