[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. MCELROY, photographer. Sixth plate daguerreotype of an elderly British Royal Navy ship's clerk with his dog.
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. MCELROY, photographer. Sixth plate daguerreotype of an elderly British Royal Navy ship's clerk with his dog.
Sixth plate daguerreotype under mat stamped at top, "McElroy." (Soft in clarity, cluster of spots at lower left, otherwise very fine.) Housed in full, pressed paper case (some surface scuffing). A studio portrait of an aged man who appears to be a British Royal Navy ship's clerk, the button arrangement around the cuff (without vertical buttons) of his jacket replicating that rank with no other insignia showing. He is posed with a small dog, possibly a beloved ships' mascot.
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