Mythological or religious scene of "Abbigel before David"

ambrotype of lithograph

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
Dean & Emerson
USA, MA, Worcester
sight 2-1/2 in. x 3-1/2 in.; frame 3-1/4 in. x 4-3/8 in.

Ambrotype of 16th or 17th century lithograph (?). Mythological or religious scene. Scratched into back of metal backer: "Abbigel [sic?] before David". Woman kneeling before man with people looking on. Brass cut-out mat and frame surrounding image. Embossed in mat: "DEAN & EMERSON, PATENT/ WORCESTER, MASS No. 26". Scratched into border of negative: "1 Samuel Cherp 25 bense 23-24 (?).

1976.166.413