[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 18 daguerreotype portraits of couples of varying ages, including:
Half plate portrait of a finely dressed couple, the woman seated wearing fur, the man standing and holding a top hat. (Significant tarnishing and heavy spotting to plate, oxidation to mat and preserver; deteriorating original seals.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case. -- Quarter plate seated portrait of a distinguished-looking couple. Lowell, MA: Simpson, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, significant clouding and spotting throughout, glass weeping, oxidation to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case. Mat stamped for Simpson. -- And 16 others, including 5 quarter plate examples and 11 sixth plate examples, few without cases, many without full cases. -- Together, 18 daguerreotypes featuring couples.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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