[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of mother and child posed affectionately.

Sweet sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a mother, wearing a bonnet and posed with her face nestled against her young child's. The toddler wears an off-the-shoulder dress and a necklace of some kind. (Tarnishing/spotting/splotching to plate throughout; lightly cleaned and resealed 2001.) Housed in a push-button case (significant surface wear).

Sally Anyan, The Daguerreian Society Past President

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of mother and child posed affectionately.

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