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Lot 77
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
400
Price Realized
$313
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. A pair of half plate daguerreotype portraits of families housed in wooden wall frames, comprising:
A half plate daguerreotype portrait of a family of four, including mother, father, son, and daughter. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Heavy tarnishing to edges and additional spotting and discoloration to plate and mat; unexamined out of the frame.) Housed in a plain wooden wall frame (general wear throughout including surface scratching and loss). All family members wear rather somber expressions. -- A half plate daguerreotype portrait of a distinguished family of six including one woman and five men, likely siblings. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Heavy tarnishing to edges, with spotting and blotching throughout plate and mat; unexamined out of the frame.) housed in an ornate wooden frame (heavy loss to decorative wood finish, with soiling and cracking/separation in spots).
Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography

