[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 7 charming daguerreotype portraits housed in frames.
Sale 1194 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
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Jun 26, 2023
Lots Close
Jul 7, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
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$504
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 7 charming daguerreotype portraits housed in frames.
Sixth plate portrait of a mother and father sitting on either side of their daughter. (Significant tarnishing to edges, light spotting and clouding, though details remain sharp; sealed in frame.) Between the mother and daughter is a tray table with books and flowers presented on it - each female rests one hand on the table top. -- Sixth plate portrait of a family including a seated mother and father, a toddler standing on a chair between them, and a baby resting in the mother's lap. (Some clouding and rather soft focus to details; partially sealed in frame though with separations to backing.) Frame verso with ink pen inscription identifying some of the subjects as Martha Bright, "Little Martha," and George of the civil parish of Clun in England. -- And 5 others, ranging in size from ninth plate to half plate. -- Together, 7 charming portraits in frames.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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