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Lot Description

[MILITARIA]. A group of 2 daguerreotypes of militiamen, comprising:

Sixth plate hand-tinted daguerreotype. (Some tarnishing to perimeter, light scratches.) Housed in full pressed paper case with geometric motif (hinge split, wear to extremities).

A three-quarter length standing portrait of a young man who appears to be an American militia junior officer wearing dress epaulettes, which look to be cloth, single-breasted frock coat, and, significantly, a near army regulation M1851 dress shako complete with a pom-pom, badge, and colored branch of service band, which was ordered removed in January 1854 (in the regular army). The plate appears to be a M1839 eagle plate. The apparent cloth epaulettes indicate that the subject is militia. The high black neck stock was fashionable until the early 1850s.

[With:]
Ninth plate daguerreotype. (Spotting, light surface abrasions.) Housed in a full pressed paper case with a geometric design (scuffed to raised areas and extremities).

A three-quarter length seated portrait of an unknown subject, likely an American militai man. He wears epaulettes, a sash with a large medal, and holds a small bouquet of flowers.

Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography

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