Lot Essay
Including a daguerreotype portrait of a man in a top hat.
Miscellaneous portrait studies and Union cases, 1840s-60s
Details
VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
Miscellaneous portrait studies and Union cases, 1840s-60s
Two daguerreotypes, quarter-plate and sixth-plate, the former in a Wharton case; one ambrotype, 5½ x 4 in., mounted as oval, in folding morocco case; with four Union cases including one quarter-plate, one sixth-plate, one double ninth-plate containing two ambrotype portraits and one oval ninth-plate. (7)
Miscellaneous portrait studies and Union cases, 1840s-60s
Two daguerreotypes, quarter-plate and sixth-plate, the former in a Wharton case; one ambrotype, 5½ x 4 in., mounted as oval, in folding morocco case; with four Union cases including one quarter-plate, one sixth-plate, one double ninth-plate containing two ambrotype portraits and one oval ninth-plate. (7)
Literature
Krainik and Walvoord, Union Cases, 'Floral', casemaker unknown, pl. no. 72, p. 68; Geometric/Scroll by S. Peck and Co., pl. no. 221, p. 114; 'Spray of flowers' by S. Peck and Co., pl. no. 562, p. 178 and 'Spray of flowers' by S. Peck and Co., pl. no. 680, p. 197.