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Ambrotype Portrait of an Identified Artist and Marble Cutter from Milwaukee, 1860s
Ambrotype in original thermoplastic frame
5 x 6 1/2 inches overall
With affixed label bearing subject ID verso.
With affixed label bearing subject ID verso.
Unusual ambrotype photograph showing an artist proudly displaying his work. Affixed to the verso is a label which reads 'Grandfather Louis Z. DuFeau. Born in 1842, DuFeau emigrated from Canada...
Unusual ambrotype photograph showing an artist proudly displaying his work. Affixed to the verso is a label which reads "Grandfather Louis Z. DuFeau. Born in 1842, DuFeau emigrated from Canada to the United States in 1865. He settled in the midwest, working as a marble cutter in Chicago in the 1870s, before ending up in Milwaukee for the remainder of his life.