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[Escapology] Child Escape Artist Portrait. Baltimore, ca. 1900. Depicting a young girl in handcuffs standing partway in a sack. The boy at her side holds the top half of the sack and a length of rope. Standard cabinet format mount. 8 x 6” overall. Tack-holes in margins; mount worn but printed image very good. Old identification annotation on verso, apparently reading: “Johnny Connor and Fasma.”


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