[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 daguerreotypes featuring women with religious symbols.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$200 -
$400
Sold for $252
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 daguerreotypes featuring women with religious symbols.
Half plate portrait of a young couple holding hands, the woman wearing a gold-highlighted brooch and crucifix. New York: Anson, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, significant clouding throughout image, with occasional spotting and other imperfections; retains portions of back seal.) Housed in a separated pressed paper case (fully separated at spine, significant surface wear and separation to some joints). Velvet pad stamped for Anson. -- Sixth plate seated portrait of a young girl wearing a wide belt and a gold-highlighted crucifix necklace. Pottsville, PA: A.M. Allen, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, minor spotting to plate; retains original seals.) Housed in a separated pressed paper case (fully separated at spine, significant surface wear). -- Sixth plate portrait of an elderly woman wearing a bonnet and holding a book in her lap with the star of David on its cover. (Tarnishing especially to right edge, significant clouding and spotting throughout image, spotting to mat and preserver; appears to retain original seals.) Housed in a pressed paper case (general wear throughout). -- And one other sixth plate example. -- Together, 4 daguerreotype portraits of women with religious symbols.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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