Historical Portrait
[Color drawing of a branch with three leaves on carte de visite mount]
![[Color drawing of a branch with three leaves on carte de visite mount], 1860 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/color-drawing-of-a-branch-with-three-leaves-on-carte-de-visite-mount-1860-laAsrXpIDvB58GROgtQL.jpg)
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1 drawing : watercolor ; mount 96 x 60 mm (carte de visite format)
About this photograph
This watercolor drawing from 1860 depicts a branch bearing three leaves, mounted on a carte de visite format card measuring 96 x 60 millimeters. The carte de visite format was a popular photographic size during this period, though here it serves as the mount for an original artwork rather than a photograph.
The artist, occasion, and purpose of the drawing are not documented in the archive record. The Library of Congress holds this piece as part of its historical collections.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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