Carte-de-visite of barber Jean Jacques Desiré

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A sepia tone carte-de-visite of barber Jean Jacques Desiré. Captured in front of a curtained wall and column, Jean Jacques Desiré, white-haired, stands looking directly at the camera with his proper left hand resting on a wooden spindle back chair. He wears a long dark collared jacket, bowtie, white shirt, dark trousers and shoes. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are graphite and ink inscriptions. The primary inscription, written by the Baltimore, Maryland merchant Henry Schroeder Taylor, reads: [Jean Jacques Desiré was born Jany. 1st 1779 in Hayti [sic] - he came to the United States when 13 years old, and has been a barber in Baltimore since 1800.

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