American Historical Ephemera & Photography

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).