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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAIT, WARMLY INSCRIBED
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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- Photograph portrait, warmly inscribed by the leader of the American Transcendentalist movement
Photograph (4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.; 120 x 165 mm). Mounted albumen bust portrait, inscribed by Emerson on the mount in black ink; some flaking to emulsion, slight discoloration to signature.
Catalogue Note
Inscribed: "In great haste but greater love. RW Emerson." A charming inscription from a champion of individualism, and a critic of the nullifying pressures of society.