Description:
School of Southworth & Hawes (American, fl. 1843-1863)
Sixth-plate Daguerreotype of an Infant, in a leather case.
Condition: Minor tarnish, scattered tiny brown spots at left, case worn and pitted, opening at u.r. and l.r. corners with vertical splitting of a piece of the case visible on verso, velvet liner abraded, not examined out of case.
Provenance: A private New England collection.
N.B. In this image, the person holding the infant remains outside the composition.
Estimate $300-500
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