Sixth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of a Young Boy and a Mother and Young Child

Description:

Sixth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of a Young Boy and a Mother and Young Child, the boy seated on a chair holding a buggy whip in his hands; the mother seated beside her toddler who is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress and a coral necklace, mounted in "Geometric/Scroll" (Krainik 227, 261) Union cases, (minor tarnish ring, dust).
Estimate $200-300


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