Jacob Kruse

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Description:

Ambrotype of Jacob Kruse seated in front of a painted scene with an arm resting on a table. The background illustrates a castle overlooking a ship on water. The image is surrounded with an elaborate gold metal border mounted in a wooden box covered with stamped leather. The interior pad is covered in red velvet and contains the photographer's marks of "Quinby & Co. Artists Charleston, S.C."

Gift of Rena (Kruse) Muller.