[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of cased images of serious men, highlighted by an example featuring a man wearing a top hat by Mathew BRADY.

Quarter plate daguerreotype featuring an older man wearing a large light-colored top hat. (Tarnishing to edges, some light spotting throughout, spotting to mat; re-glazed and resealed 1995.) Housed in a leatherette push-button case. Velvet pad marked for Brady's Gallery, New York. -- Half plate ambrotype portrait of a man with long hair and a very stern expression, looking to one side. His cheeks and lips are lightly tinted pink. (Area of imperfection to lower portion, minimal spotting; re-backed, unsealed.) Housed in a leatherette case. -- Together, 2 cased images of serious men.

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American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of cased images of serious men, highlighted by an example featuring a man wearing a top hat by Mathew BRADY.

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