[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 6 half plate daguerreotypes highlighted by group portrait of 6 subjects.
Landscape-oriented group portrait featuring 4 male subjects and 2 female subjects, posed familiarly and appearing to be family members. (Some clouding to image and/or glass, spotting and light tarnish to image plate, spotting to mat; resealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (discoloration). -- Portrait of a seated couple, the woman wearing what appears to be a cameo brooch, holding a book upright in her lap, and having a shawl draped in her lap. (Significant tarnishing to edges, spotting, no preserver present.) Housed in a leatherette case (surface wear). -- And 4 others. Conditions and housings vary. -- Together, 6 half plate daguerreotype portraits.