Original antique cabinet card photograph featuring a charming studio portrait of an infant dressed in a long white gown. Photographed by Baker’s Art Gallery of Columbus, Ohio, with the studio’s gold-embossed name and “Extra Finish” marking on the front.
The reverse is especially decorative, featuring an elaborate gold and brown advertising design for Baker’s Art Gallery, 199 & 201 South High St., Metropolitan Opera Block, Columbus, Ohio. It displays several photography awards and medallions, including dated references to 1886, 1888, and 1889.
Estimated to date from approximately 1889–1895. Photograph is mounted on a thick cabinet card with gold-finished edges.
Condition: Antique condition with expected age-related toning, light spotting, surface wear and minor edge/corner wear. Please review all photographs closely as they are part of the description.
A beautiful piece of Victorian-era Ohio photographic history and an attractive example of an ornate 19th-century photographer’s cabinet card.
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