[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 daguerreotypes featuring groups of 5 or more people, incl. a fine half plate example by COLLINS.

Half plate portrait of 7 men and women, posed together with affection and personality (tarnishing to edges, two pinpoints on plate). Mat stamped "Collins Artist." Housed in a full case. -- Sixth plate portrait of a family seated together including an elderly woman wearing a bonnet and glasses (tarnishing to edges, spotting and blotching to plate, some other imperfections). Housed in a full case. -- And 2 other sixth plate daguerreotypes featuring groups of 5 people. Conditions vary. -- Together, 4 daguerreotype portraits of groups of people.

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 daguerreotypes featuring groups of 5 or more people, incl. a fine half plate example by COLLINS.

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