[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. Half plate daguerreotype of French infantry officer. Ca 1850s.

Half plate daguerreotype. (Tarnishing to perimeter.) Housed in black and gilt frame with glass (resealed).

A portrait of seated French infantry officer from the Crimean War era. He is seated wearing his long uniform coat with large epaulettes. A sword or edged weapon appears to hang from his belt. His shako rests upon the table bearing a "1" and an unidentified hat badge.

Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. Half plate daguerreotype of French infantry officer. Ca 1850s.

Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. Half plate daguerreotype of French infantry officer. Ca 1850s.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MILITARIA]. Half plate daguerreotype of French infantry officer. Ca 1850s.