Lot Essay
One of the ambrotypes is an outdoor group portrait of five men, one woman and a boy in an open carriage.
Details
Anonymous
Portraits, 1850s-60s
One quarter-plate and two ninth-plate daguerreotypes, one ninth-plate in papier-mâché frame, original backing paper with indistinct photographer's credit and inscription, decorative gilt hanging ring, the other signed and dated George John Newsom, July 20, 1853, Born April 5 - 1824, two in folding morocco cases; with two sixth-plate ambrotypes, each with decorative gilt metal surrounds, in folding morocco cases (5)
Portraits, 1850s-60s
One quarter-plate and two ninth-plate daguerreotypes, one ninth-plate in papier-mâché frame, original backing paper with indistinct photographer's credit and inscription, decorative gilt hanging ring, the other signed and dated George John Newsom, July 20, 1853, Born April 5 - 1824, two in folding morocco cases; with two sixth-plate ambrotypes, each with decorative gilt metal surrounds, in folding morocco cases (5)