Lot Essay
Including a fine half-plate portrait of a gentleman, portraits of young girls, a young boy, and two elderly ladies.
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H.C. Booth, W. Boswell, L.W. Ramsden and others
Portraits of men, women and children, 1850s-60s
Twelve ambrotypes: five ninth-plate, two sixth-plate, three quarter-plate and two half-plate, six hand-tinted and two with gilt highlights, gilt-metal mounts, eight in folding cases (four lacking front covers), including two in book-form, one half-plate with photographer's credit stamped in gilt on front cover and one ninth-plate with photographer's printed label on reverse. (12)
Portraits of men, women and children, 1850s-60s
Twelve ambrotypes: five ninth-plate, two sixth-plate, three quarter-plate and two half-plate, six hand-tinted and two with gilt highlights, gilt-metal mounts, eight in folding cases (four lacking front covers), including two in book-form, one half-plate with photographer's credit stamped in gilt on front cover and one ninth-plate with photographer's printed label on reverse. (12)