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Lot 243
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$441
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 5 sixth plate images of young girls and ladies incl. examples by WEBSTER & BRO. of Louisville, Kentucky, and ANSON.
WEBSTER & BRO., artists. Daguerreotype standing portrait of a plump-faced young girl wearing lace gloves, an off-the-shoulder dress that seems to be a bit too large for her, and her hair in curls that have begun to fall. (Some tarnishing and scratching along edge, spotting, image slightly fuzzy; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, heavy wear). Velvet pad stamped "Webster & Bro., Artists, Louisville." -- ANSON, artist. Daguerreotype seated portrait of a lovely young girl wearing a floral dress with pink-tinted details, a pink-tinted hair ribbon, and wrist cuffs. (Few scratches around edge, few spots, spotting to mat.) Housed in a half pressed paper case. -- And 3 others, including 2 daguerreotypes and one ambrotype, 2 housed together in the same Scarce Union case, Rebekah at the Well [Berg 1-85] (does not close). -- Together, 5 sixth plate images of girls.
Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon



