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Lot 251

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Estimate
$600 - 800
Price Realized
$2,000
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype featuring a man with no arms and only one leg. 


Sixth plate portrait of a seated man who appears to be missing all of his limbs except for one leg. (Tarnishing to edges, few scratches to plate; re-glassed and resealed 1991.) Housed in a full pressed paper case (discoloration to satin pad, surface wear). Though not identified, the subject could have sustained his injuries in the Civil War. Provenance: Ex Paul Katz collection (penciled note on replacement seal). 

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