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Lot 129
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
Lots 1-296
Jun 21, 2022
10:00AM ET
Lots 297-560
Jun 22, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,500 -
3,000
Price Realized
$2,813
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate hand-colored daguerreotype of a reclining female nude.
Irregular sixth plate daguerreotype portrait featuring fine hand-coloring. (Some tarnish to edges, few spots throughout image.) Housed under glass in a leatherette frame with hanging fob (significant discoloration to front border, with general surface wear throughout). A dark-haired woman reclines on a couch or daybed, with gauzy cloth draped behind and around her, a bouquet of flowers and pearls resting in front of her, and her hand gesturing near her face. Features of bouquet and female subject hand-colored in pink, green, and yellow. Image is illustrated in Die Erotische Daguerreotypie, published by Weingarter (p. 52).
Likely European, possibly German.

