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Lot 238
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$1,386
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of artistically composed postmortem portraits of young children.
Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young girl lying on an ornate couch, posed holding a tinted bouquet of flowers and with a straw hat by her side. (Tarnishing to edges, few spots; re-glassed and resealed 1995.) Housed in a leatherette case (nearly fully split at spine). -- Sixth plate tintype portrait of a baby lying in a rocking crib, with vibrantly-tinted flowers placed all around. (Few spots, otherwise very clear; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case. -- Together, two artistically composed postmortem portraits of children.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
