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Lot 966

Sale 961 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2021 10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$300 - 500
Price Realized
$469
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. A group of 7 daguerreotype portraits of men and women including several couples. 


Quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of an older couple, each holding a small book and looking off-camera. (Image rather clear, with very few plate imperfections; spotting to mat.) Housed in a Very Rare Union wall frame [Berg 7-18] (surface soiling throughout), -- Quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of a middle-aged couple, the woman holding what appears to be an elaborately decorated photographic album or case in her lap. (Some spotting and what appears to be adhesive residue to plate, spotting to mat.) Housed in a 5 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. wooden contact printing frame with partial "Folmer & Schwing Mfg. Co." sticker affixed on edge (some pinholes, light surface wear throughout). -- Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young couple, the woman giving her husband a sideward glance. (oxidation to edges, mostly upper edge.) Housed in a full pressed paper case  (surface wear throughout). -- And 4 other daguerreotypes including 2 quarter plate examples and 2 sixth plate examples. -- Together, 7 daguerreotype portraits. Conditions vary, though generally fair. 

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