ASA C. PARTRIDGE

Portrait of a slave woman and her young charge, 1840s

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ASA C. PARTRIDGE
Portrait of a slave woman and her young charge, 1840s
half-plate daguerreotype with hand-coloring
stamped 'Partridge Wheeling VA' (on the brass mat)
5½ x 4¼in. (14 x 10.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

Little is known about Asa Partridge, simply that he owned a photo supply house in West Virginia, and later migrated to Boston. His better-known sons, William and Edward, moved to Portland, Oregon, where they established their own succesful studio.

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