Rare CDV of Photographer William H. Rau, Philadelphia logger Based on other photos from

Based on other photos from this same estate

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the author and political figure John Pendleton Kennedy

Good sized ambrotype with original hand-tinting

and several tiny mold spiders

Rare CDV of Photographer William H. Rau, Philadelphia logger Based on other photos fromOriginal CDV of the prominent Philadelphia photographer William Herman Rau, probably taken by his wife Louisa, who was also a photographer. Rau had a studio in Philadelphia, on Grand Avenue. His was Louise was also the daughter of the noted photographer William Bell, whose studio was also in Philadelphia. Rau would eventually purchase Bell's studio. CDV is 4" x 2. 5" and in VG antique condition, with light soiling and or foxing. Shipping: Ground photo