Discovery
Description:
Two Quarter-plate Daguerreotype Husband and Wife Portraits, one depicting a seated young couple, the other showing a bearded middle-aged man standing with his arm resting on the crest of a chair seated with his younger wife, both in pressed-paper/leather cases, (tarnish, spiders, dust, one case split).
Estimate $300-500
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