American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

Sweet portrait of an aged man with a young girl sitting on his lap, holding his hand. (Spotting and surface scratching to plate, spotting to mat and preserver; unsealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, heavy surface wear throughout). -- Portrait of a woman sitting in a chair, with a young girl standing to her side and resting her arm on her lap. (Significant tarnishing to edges, some clouding to image; original seals). Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, surface wear and loss throughout). The mother also holds an object in her lap, possibly an album, or small box or case. -- And 11 others, including an example by Perkins, many without full/cases. -- Together, 13 quarter plate daguerreotypes of parents with children.