Sixth-plate Daguerreotype and Ambrotype Portraits of Two Sisters and a Daguerreotype Portrait of a Young Woman

Description:

Sixth-plate Daguerreotype and Ambrotype Portraits of Two Sisters and aDaguerreotype Portrait of a Young Woman, the sisters identified on a note inscribed "Seriah Brush Murry/Phidelia [Brush] Chapman/sisters"; the young woman seated in a chair wearing a patterned dress, mounted in "Geometric Scroll" and "Scroll/Geometric" (Krainik 277, 304) Union cases, (imperfections).
Estimate $200-400

Case 1 with ambrotype and dag.: Ambrotype- with light area possibly on the emulsion or a glass irregularity, minor scattered spiders and dust, Dag-; minor edge tarnish, scattered spiders and dust, one small edge crack on case; Case 2 with 1 dag.-


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