Lot Essay
In the stereoscopic image the mother's face and body has been erased in order to place more emphasis on the child's portrait.
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WILLIAM H. KENT, J.J.E. MAYALL
'Alice Abadam. 28 May 1856'; Edith Abadam, 1850s
Stereoscopic daguerreotype, scratched title and date on left image, paper-taped, photographer's printed paper label with pencil inscription Alice on verso; with an oval daguerreotype, 3½ x 2¾ in., identified in ink on paper label, in folding case, photographer's credit Daguerreotype Institution J.E. Mayall... stamped in gilt on back cover. (2)
'Alice Abadam. 28 May 1856'; Edith Abadam, 1850s
Stereoscopic daguerreotype, scratched title and date on left image, paper-taped, photographer's printed paper label with pencil inscription Alice on verso; with an oval daguerreotype, 3½ x 2¾ in., identified in ink on paper label, in folding case, photographer's credit Daguerreotype Institution J.E. Mayall... stamped in gilt on back cover. (2)