[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 15 sixth plate daguerreotypes by New York and Boston daguerreotypists, incl. ANSON, CHASE, and PLUMBE.

Seated portrait of a woman wearing a brooch and holding a piece of paper with both hands. The tablecloth next to her is tinted blue and red. (Some spotting, minor tarnish to edges; reglazed, resealed 2022.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case. Mat stamped "White's." -- Seated portrait of a young woman wearing a myriad of accessories including multiple long gold strands hanging from her neck. She holds a skinny, cylindrical object that has a red-tinted tip in one hand on her lap. (Tarnishing, wiping, spotting, and other imperfections to plate, spotting to mat, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a leatherette case. Mat stamped "Plumbe." -- Seated portrait of a well-dressed couple holding hands and looking rather apprehensive. (Tarnishing and some scratching to edges, minor spotting; resealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case. Mat stamped "Holmes / 289 Broadway." -- And 12 other sixth plate daguerreotypes with mats or pads marked for photographers E(noch) Long, (Lorenzo G.) Chase, G.D. Hamilton, Cahill, Broadbent, Anson (3), Weston, W(illiam) A. Wellman, and A.J. Beals. Conditions vary. -- Together, 15 daguerreotype portraits by identified New York and Boston photographers.

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 15 sixth plate daguerreotypes by New York and Boston daguerreotypists, incl. ANSON, CHASE, and PLUMBE.

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