A trio of antique large-format studio portraits, including a matching pair and a single portrait of a youth. The matching pair depicts a woman in a high-necked lace-collared dress and a man in a dark waistcoat with subtle blue hand-tinting to his cravat. The third portrait features a youth in a formal uniform, possibly military or institutional, with metallic-style braiding and buttons. These works are identified as crayon portraits, a process where charcoal or pastel is hand-applied over a photographic base, typically a solar print or silver gelatin print. The pair is housed in ornate Victorian-style mahogany and gilt composition frames with arched-top inner slips. The portrait of the youth is in a separate dark wood frame with a flat gilt inner slip. No signatures, studio stamps, or inscriptions are visible on the images or frames.
Dimensions: 22 x 26”
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