[Early Photography] Group of 40 Sixth Plate Daguerreotypes of Old Women
Publishers and subjects mostly unidentified, some with paper label identifications. All older women, most wearing bonnets. Some without cases. Conditions vary. Including:
Seated posed of a woman in a white bonnet with her arms crossed at her waist. Light spotting to image; Standing pose of a woman in a white bonnet, mat stamped "Whitehurst." Spine split but repaired with tape; Seated pose of a woman in a white bonnet sitting in a rocking chair, spine split but repaired with tape; Seated posed of a woman in a white bonnet, also covered in a white shawl. Half of case missing; Seated pose of a woman with dark hair in a white bonnet. Identified with paper label as Elizabeth Bullard (1762-1861).
And 35 others. 40 photographs total.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
This lot is located in Philadelphia.