Four Sixth-plate Portraits of Young Women

Description:

Four Sixth-plate Portraits of Young Women, a daguerreotype of two women seated on a couch, one wearing a plaid dress; an ambrotype of two sisters wearing dark off-the-shoulder dresses; an ambrotype of a woman wearing a dress with blue-tinted skirt; and a daguerreotype of a woman wearing a dress with a white lace collar, mounted in "Geometric/Scroll," "Scroll/Geometric," "Scroll," and "Scroll/Floral" (Krainik 258, 306, 311, and 318) Union cases, (imperfections).
Estimate $400-600

Daguerreotype of two women seated on a couch- minor smll scateered darkish and light spots;
Ambrotype of two sisters wearing dark-colored off-the-shoulder dresses- a few scattered losses to varnish;
Ambrotype of a woman wearing a dark-colored dress with blue-tinted skirt- very good;
Daguerreotype of a woman wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar- minor tarnish u.r. , couple minor corrosion spots.


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