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Lot 234

Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 - 700
Price Realized
$315
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a teenage girl making a point while reading a book.


Seated portrait of an adolescent girl using one hand to hold up an open book and the other to point diagonally upward. It is unclear exactly what she is attempting to communicate, though the gesture certainly appears intentional. She wears an interesting hair accessory and wrist cuffs. (Some clouding and chemical deterioration to image, few areas slightly blurry most likely from movement; resealed 2012.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, surface wear).

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

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