[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 18 sixth plate daguerreotypes featuring parents with children.

WESTON, photographer. Portrait of a mother and daughter, the daughter's dress brightly-tinted blue. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting and some clouding throughout, no preserver present.) Housed in a half leatherette case (surface wear and cracking). Mat stamped for Weston, 192 Broadway, New York. -- Seated portrait of a mother holding her two young daughters, one in each arm. (Some spotting and other minor surface imperfections to plate.) Housed in a figural Union case. -- Portrait of a seated mother and father, posed with their daughter standing behind them. (Tarnishing to late, minor scratching along mat opening.) Housed in a pressed paper case (wear, cracking to spine). -- And 15 others. -- Together, 18 sixth plate daguerreotypes of parents with children. Conditions vary. One without a case.

[With:] 2 additional sixth plate images (not featuring parents and children) housed in the same cases as portraits counted above.

19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 18 sixth plate daguerreotypes featuring parents with children.

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