[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. A pair of daguerreotype portraits of mixed race subjects.
Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a mixed race woman wearing a patterned dress and holding a book in her lap. (Some tarnishing to edges and a bit of spotting throughout, spotting to mat.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (adhesive repair to spine, large scratch and some repair to front cover, some surface wear throughout). -- Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman with a goatee and a top hat resting on the table next to him. (Some tarnishing to edges and a few small scratches to plate.) Housed in a fully separated geometric Union case [Berg 3-129] (fully separated with hinge parts possibly missing, discoloration and some nicking to surface). -- Together, 2 sixth plate daguerreotype portraits.
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