Lot Essay
A rare example of an early English outdoor daguerreotype.
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Gentleman with top hat on horseback outside his manor house circa early 1840s
Details
RICHARD BEARD
Gentleman with top hat on horseback outside his manor house circa early 1840s
Half-plate daguerreotype, oval label printed PATENTEE and inscribed in ink Richard Beard on reverse, decorative gilt-metal mount, folding case, signed in pen on reverse
Gentleman with top hat on horseback outside his manor house circa early 1840s
Half-plate daguerreotype, oval label printed PATENTEE and inscribed in ink Richard Beard on reverse, decorative gilt-metal mount, folding case, signed in pen on reverse
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Robert Lebeck.