With my blessing, take it.

Description (Brief):

hand colored stereograph; printed on verso "WITH MY BLESSING, TAKE IT. / Copyright"; man in monk's robes seated in a chair facing photographer, right hand at waist and left hand raised up; wooden table with folding "X" legs at left with a white table cloth, wine, a pitcher and bread are on the table; window in background with magenta curtains, books on windowsill

Date Made: 1850s-1860s

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Monasticism

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0391Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0391

Object Name: stereograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-730d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1852617

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