New York: Geo. Amy, 1909.
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Unbound. Gelatin silver portrait photograph on textured paper. Image size approximately 11¼" x 9" mounted on slightly larger card stock. Signed in white album ink at lower right by the photographer: "Compliments of Geo. Amy '09" in lower right and "Copyright 1909 by Geo. Amy, N.Y." in lower left, also in white ink. Uniform toning on the mount not affecting the image, evidence on the verso of previous mounting, the image is fine. Clemens, in his customary white suit, is seated with his legs crossed in a plush velvet chair before a case filled with books. Yale holds some George Amy portraits in the Peter Palmquist Cased Photographs Collection, but we couldn't find a great deal more about the photographer, beyond the fact that he was obviously accomplished. We could not find any examples of this particular image, or any others of Clemens by Amy.
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