02-18-200702-18-2007
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2349Boston
February 18, 2007 11:00 AMCalender
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Group of Six Photographic Images

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$1,528$1,300
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2349Location: BostonDate / Time: February 18, 2007 11:00AM

Description:

Group of Six Photographic Images, America, mid 19th century, including six portraits of a girl named Frances P Howe (Wood),one of which is a half-plate Matthew Brady studio ambrotype in a hinged case to view both sides, with brass mats with Brady's impressed marks, labeled "Frances P. Howe en route to school in Switzerland," three small daguerreotypes including a sixth plate, a ninth, and a sixteenth plate, one in an embossed leather case, one in a blue velvet case, and one in a thermoplastic case, together with a quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of a family with a mother, father, and child, in a gilt embossed red leather case (imperfections).
Estimate $400-600

Keywords

Frances P Howe