[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 7 cased images featuring possibly mixed race subjects, including:
Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Jun 15, 2023
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Jun 16, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 7 cased images featuring possibly mixed race subjects, including:
Quarter plate daguerreotype featuring a possibly mixed race woman and a young boy, both finely dressed. (Tarnishing to edges, some surface blemishes to plate, spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed in a half leatherette case (heavy surface wear and some separation to upper edge). -- Sixth plate portrait of a mixed race young man and woman. (Significant surface scratching and wipe marks to plate, some tarnishing to edges, with spotting to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a half octagonal pressed paper case (surface wear throughout). -- And 4 others, including 3 sixth plate daguerreotypes and one sixth plate tintype; only one image housed in full case. -- Together, 7 cased images featuring possibly mixed race subjects.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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