DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN (possibly Southworth and Hawes)

Portrait of William Lloyd Garrison

Details

DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN (possibly Southworth and Hawes)
Portrait of William Lloyd Garrison
Ninth-plate daguerreotype. Circa 1850-51. Brass mat; later seal. Contained in a partial leather case.

Literature

See: Pfister, Facing the Light: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes, cat. 96, p. 256 (top).

Lot Essay

This portrait appears to be a detail, copied from a full-plate portrait in the City of Boston Public Library collection, attributed to Southworth and Hawes. The full plate portrait includes Wendell Phillips and George Thompson as sitters.