American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Quarter plate daguerreotype. (Tarnishing to perimeter.) Housed in full pressed paper case with floral motif (light wear to extremities). 

An outdoor image showing the front of a stately home with two identically-dressed children standing on the threshold with a second-story balcony above. Two bay windows flank the entrance and the roofline is enhanced with elaborate cornices. The roof features two chimneys and a central turret.