[Seated Man Pointing to a Passage in an Open Book] — John Jabez Edwin Mayall | DiscoverArt

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

[Seated Man Pointing to a Passage in an Open Book]

1850s

Daguerreotype with applied color

15.3 × 10.8 cm (6 × 4.3 in)

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