[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 oversized half plate daguerreotype portraits of men and women, including:
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $693
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 oversized half plate daguerreotype portraits of men and women, including:
Seated portrait of an identified man with slicked-back hair and a patterned vest and neck tie. (Clouding throughout image, heavy spotting to mat, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a separated leatherette case (fully separated at spine, surface wear throughout). Penciled identification on paper affixed to glass identifies the man as "Charles C. Hutchinson" -- Seated portrait of a young man posed with a book on the table next to him. (Significant tarnishing to edges, spotting and clouding throughout, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a separated leatherette case (fully separated at spine, significant wear throughout). Pencil inscription on case interior reads, "[Indecipherable] Sept 24th 1866 / Mollie A. Lance Bristol Tennessee." -- And 2 others. -- Together, 4 oversized half plate dageurreotypes.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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