Sixth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of a Bearded Man and Two Sets of Husband and Wife Portraits

Description:

Sixth-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of a Bearded Man and Two Sets of Husband andWife Portraits, five total, one of a young gentleman with a fringe beard; a pair of husband and wife portraits of a man with a beard and a woman wearing a plaid dress; and a pair of bust-length portraits of a young husband wearing a beard, and his wife, wearing an oval brooch at her collar, mounted in "Geometric/Scroll," "Scroll/Geometric," and "Geometric Scroll" (Krainik 262, 324, and 361) Union cases, (imperfections).
Estimate $400-600

Young gentleman w/fringe beard- tarnish ring, small scratch l.c. edge, few minor small corrosion spots to background.
Pair of husband and wife portraits man w/beard and woman in plaid dress- both with edge tarnish, minor spiders, dust.
Pair of bust-length portraits young husband and wife- both with tarnished edges, scattered spiders, dust, woman looks like she has been wiped.


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