Man with crown presenting young woman to young man

ambrotype of lithograph

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
Dean & Emerson
paper
sight 2-1/2 in. x 3-1/2 in.; frame 3-1/4 in. x 4-1/4 in.

Ambrotype of 16th or 17th century lithograph (?). Mythological or religious scene of man with crown presenting young woman to young man, possibly a warrior. (?) Brass cut-out mat and frame surrounding image. Illegible words scratched into back of metal back of ambrotype. Embossed in mat: "DEAN & EMERSON, PATENT/ WORCESTER, MASS. No. 26." Ref: Wm. Peterson, MSM, May 1987.

1976.166.414