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Lot 857

Sale 1096 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2022
Lots Close
Nov 21, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 - 500
Price Realized
$281
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of half plate daguerreotype portraits featuring a full-figured woman with a young girl comprising: 


Half plate seated portrait of a portly woman affectionately posed with a young girl. (Tarnishing to edges, with additional spotting affecting subjects; partly resealed, no preserver present.) Housed in a pressed paper case (significant wear, loss). Both subjects wear jewelry with gold highlighting and jewel embellishments. -- Half plate portrait of what appear to be the same subjects, some years older. (Tarnishing to edges and significant spotting throughout plate, heavy spotting to mat; partly resealed, no preserver present.) Housed in a pressed paper case. Both subjects hold fans and wear gold highlighted jewelry. -- Together a pair of half plate daguerreotype portraits of likely the same woman and young girl. 


19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock

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