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Lot 279
Sale 1344 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
May 31, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$2,500 -
3,500
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype featuring a doctor/dentist posed with his bag of instruments.
Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a doctor or dentist with noteworthy sideburns and voluminous hairstyle, posed seated next to a table surmounted by his open medical bag, revealing numerous instruments of his trade. (Tarnishing along edges, some spotting and minor wipes, with one small notable scratch to subject's lapel; resealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
