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Lot 57

Estimate
$300 - 400

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[Daguerreotype] Man in a Coffin

Anonymous, American.
 
Mid- to late-1840s sixth-plate daguerreotype of a man posed in his coffin.
 
The composition of the image with the simple cloth backdrop suggests this was captured in the home of the deceased.
 
The image is housed in a marked case with label for William Shew, Boston.

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