A hand-tinted stereoview depicting a staged tableau of a fisherman seated on a barrel, boots crossed, addressing a young woman in regional dress who is seated mending a net on her lap. The backdrop is a painted or constructed stone wall with a wooden door, hung with fishing nets, an anchor, wooden shoes, and a woven basket, set against an ivy vine. The composition is arranged within an arched vignette mount typical of mid-19th century tinted studio stereoviews depicting fishing-village genre subjects.
The applied hand-coloring, arched masking of the image area, and studio-constructed setting are consistent with commercial French or English stereo publishers active in the 1860s who specialized in costumed genre tableaux; no publisher imprint is visible to confirm attribution.
Photographer/publisher: Unknown
Period/date: circa 1860-1870
Dimensions: 175 x 85 mm
Condition: Good; overall yellowing and toning of the mount, light surface soiling, hand-applied color somewhat faded in places, corners of the mount lightly worn, image areas stable with no visible tears.
Reverse: No verso scan available.
Keywords: stereoview, hand-tinted, genre scene, fishing village, 19th century
Photographer Biography:
No verified biographical information available.
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