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Lot 235

Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$400 - 600
Price Realized
$756
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate beautifully hand-tinted daguerreotype of 10-year-old Caroline Cunningham Beall wearing a yellow dress. 


Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young girl seated in a studio setting, her elbow resting on the table beside her. She wears a red necklace and light yellow dress, and holds a bouquet of flowers highlighted in red, yellow, and green. (Few minor spots, light tarnish to edges.) Housed in full leatherette case with inscribed label on back cover, which identifies the subject as "Caroline L. Cunningham (Beall), Age 10, about 1850" (light surface wear to case). 

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

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