Lot Essay
Including a portrait of a British Royal Artillery officer in undress. The larger portrait is possibly that of a French or Mexican officer.
Details
Anonymous
Military portraits, 1850s
One quarter-plate and one sixth-plate daguerreotype, each hand-tinted with gilt highlights, gilt-metal mounts, in Union Cases titled respectively 'The Sweet Potato Dinner' by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. and 'Flower in Scroll' by A.P. Critchlow and Company. (2)
Military portraits, 1850s
One quarter-plate and one sixth-plate daguerreotype, each hand-tinted with gilt highlights, gilt-metal mounts, in Union Cases titled respectively 'The Sweet Potato Dinner' by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. and 'Flower in Scroll' by A.P. Critchlow and Company. (2)
Literature
Krainik and Walvoord, Union Cases, nos. 17 and 201 (illus.)
Further details
See illustration