Half-plate Daguerreotype Portrait of an Elderly Couple

Description:

Half-plate Daguerreotype Portrait of an Elderly Couple, the couple sitting, holding hands, the woman smiling and wearing a lace bonnet, her dress with a lace collar, mounted in a pressed-paper/leather case, (minor tarnish around edges, scattered spiders, possible light wipes, case split).
Estimate $400-600


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