[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. [SOUTHWORTH & HAWES, photographers, attributed]. 2 half plate daguerreotypes including a rare medallion plate featuring multiple portraits of family members.
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,000 -
$1,500
Sold for $756
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. [SOUTHWORTH & HAWES, photographers, attributed]. 2 half plate daguerreotypes including a rare medallion plate featuring multiple portraits of family members.
Half plate daguerreotype featuring 4 oval portraits including a middle-aged woman, and older man with a boy, a young gentleman, and a young lady. (Tarnishing to edges, significant wiping and surface scratching throughout; unsealed.) Housed in book-style case with hand painting and mother-of-pearl inlay (surface wear throughout).
This type of portrait was created using a mechanism patented by Albert Southworth. It was one of the more difficult and expensive formats to obtain in the Daguerreian era.
[With:] Half plate daguerreotype portrait of a distinguished gentleman who is also featured in the above image - posed with the boy. (Tarnishing along edge, occasional spotting, wiping, scratching, and weeping; retains original seals.) Housed in a pressed paper case (surface wear throughout, wear to spine).
Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon
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