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It includes a photographed design by Peter Britt, who was an artist as well as a photographer, His son Emil joined his father’s studio in 1883, and so it was appropriate for his portrait to be on this card.

Peter Britt (1819 – 1905) was the pioneering photographer in Southern Oregon throughout the 19th Century.

There is a soft horizontal bend about one inch to the right of the left edge that doesn’t break the surface.

$150 – Postage paid within US, $10 to Canada

Japanese funeral arrangement by Brett Weston

13 3/4 x 10- inch gelatin silver print, signed on the mount recto. This was selected and printed by Weston for the 1995 “Vogue of the Eye” exhibition. The characters are formed from some natural objects. Japanese employs some Chinese characters. The top two represent the name of the family of the deceased. In excellent condition.

$2200