1860s OCCUPATIONAL OUTDOOR CHESTNUT ROASTER RARE FRENCH CDV!

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AN EXCELLENT AND EXTREMELY RARE OUTDOOR CARTE-DE-VISITE OF A CHESTNUT ROASTER WITH ALL HIS WARES. HE STANDS SMOKING A PIPE AS HE PREPARES HIS GOODS. A MOST UNCOMMON AND UNUSUAL DEPICTION, ANTICIPATING EUGENE ATGETS LATER WORK OF THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER. NO PHOTOGRAPHER NOTED.
In near excellent or better condition, paper remnants of a label on verso, period ink manuscript title Marchand des Marrons. 1860s