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Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867)

Sold for £380 at Chiswick Auctions on Nov 27, 2025.

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Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) STEREOSCOPIC PORTRAIT OF JOHN REEVES 1852. Stereoscopic hand-tinted daguerreotype portrait of a seated gentleman with his hand in his jacket, identified as English Naturalist John Reeves (1752-1856) inspector of Tea for the East India Company in Canton, China (1812-1831) and credited with the introduction of Wisteria Sinesis to the British Isles, housed in a black passe-partout mount with gilt borders, unopened, and with Claudet's paper label and a contemporary manuscript dating of the sitting in ink '12/6/52' verso Qty: (1)

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