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- Portrait of a Hunter, circa 1870 - A man in hunting clothing posed with a wild boar at his feet for photographer Hermann Gunther around 1870. This portrait carte-de-visite is a product of his sitting. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, were popular in the United States from the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
- circa 1870
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Portrait of a Hunter, circa 1870
A man in hunting clothing posed with a wild boar at his feet for photographer Hermann Gunther around 1870. This portrait carte-de-visite is a product of his sitting. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, were popular in the United States from the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.