Charles Clifford

albumen print, blindstamped in the image, mounted, extensively annotated on the mount, circa 1860

Monterey Museum of Art, Passion and Precision: Photographs from the Collection of Margaret W. Weston, 2003

Viaje de Ida Y Vuelta (La Mancha and New York, 2007), cover and p. 150

Grading this albumen print on a scale of 1 to 10--a 10 being an albumen print with deep brown dark tones and highlights that retain all of their original detail--this print rates a 10. While the print is light overall, this appears to be a function of the original exposure and not due to fading. In the darkest areas of the print the tones are very deep. In high raking light, a number of very faint surface scratches and a number of small deposits of original retouching are visible. The mount is age-darkened and lightly soiled along the edges. There is minor foxing overall. The bottom left corner of the mount is creased.
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The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows:

albumen print, the photographer's blindstamp in the image, mounted, titled and annotated 'a strange jumble of gothic & Pagan slightly dashed perhaps with Moorish sentiment' and 'street. p 203' in an unidentified contemporary hand in ink on the mount, matted, circa 1860