American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

A Rare Union wall frame, European Style [Berg 7-115G] (surface wear) containing a possible copy daguerreotype portrait of a woman seated before a tasseled curtain at a table surmounted by a potted plant. She holds a small book or cased image in her lap. (Significant wiping, tarnishing along edge, focus a bit soft; unsealed.) -- A Scarce quarter plate Union case, Basket of Fruits and Vegetables [2-6] (does not close) containing 2 ambrotype portraits, one featuring 3 boys, the other featuring a man, a woman, and their daughter. (Some chemical deterioration/loss.) -- 2 quarter plate Union cases, Lyre in Wide Portal / The Lord's Prayer [1-45/1-33] (one with non-functioning closure) containing a daguerreotype portrait of a man (heavy tarnishing, clouding, weeping) and a copy ambrotype of a girl (extraordinarily fuzzy, like a copy of a copy). -- And 2 other quarter plate Union cases [3-22, 3-31] (both with closure issues) containing one ambrotype and 2 tintypes. -- Together, 6 Union cases or wall frames containing a total of 8 portraits.