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Lot 84
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$200 -
400
Price Realized
$1,250
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. A group of 9 daguerreotypes of folk art portraits featuring women, including:
A sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a folk art rendering of Jenny Lind. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, light spotting to plate and mat; seals broken.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (general wear throughout). The artistic portrait appears to be after the daguerreotype made by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. -- Sixth plate daguerreotype of a folk art portrait featuring a coquettish young woman wearing pearl jewelry. New York: Weston, [1846-1852]. (Tarnishing to edges, with wiping and small/light scratching to plate; resealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (general wear throughout). Photographer's imprint stamped on mat. -- Ninth plate daguerreotype of a folk art profile portrait attributed to painter Justus Dalee. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Heavy tarnishing to edges, with discoloration and spotting throughout plate and tarnishing to preserver; resealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (separation and loss to front cover interior, separation with repair to spine, and general wear throughout including discoloration to velvet pad and finish loss to covers). -- And 6 others including 4 sixth plate examples and 2 ninth plate examples.
Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography







