Lot Essay
Including a ninth-plate 'In Memoriam' portrait of a baby by Ross & Thomson.
Scottish daguerreotypes, 1840s-50s
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ROSS & THOMSON, HUGHES, WERGE, McMILLAN & THOMSON and BEATTIE
Scottish daguerreotypes, 1840s-50s
Eight cased daguerreotypes, six hand-tinted, comprising: one quarter-plate and one sixth-plate with credit on gilt mount Hughes Monteith Rooms Glasgow; one sixth-plate stamped on gilt mount J. Werge Monteith Rooms Glasgow (lower portion of case only); one sixth-plate stamped John Beattie within thistle garland on front cover; one ninth-plate stamped McMillan & Thomson 19 Princes Street Edinburgh on back cover; one sixth-plate and two ninth-plate stamped on cases Ross & Thomson Photographers to the Queen Edinburgh (one of the latter lacking upper portion of case); with a cased hand-tinted carte-de-visite portrait by Ross & Thomson. (9)
Scottish daguerreotypes, 1840s-50s
Eight cased daguerreotypes, six hand-tinted, comprising: one quarter-plate and one sixth-plate with credit on gilt mount Hughes Monteith Rooms Glasgow; one sixth-plate stamped on gilt mount J. Werge Monteith Rooms Glasgow (lower portion of case only); one sixth-plate stamped John Beattie within thistle garland on front cover; one ninth-plate stamped McMillan & Thomson 19 Princes Street Edinburgh on back cover; one sixth-plate and two ninth-plate stamped on cases Ross & Thomson Photographers to the Queen Edinburgh (one of the latter lacking upper portion of case); with a cased hand-tinted carte-de-visite portrait by Ross & Thomson. (9)