Ten Assorted Daguerreotype Portraits

Description:

Ten Assorted Daguerreotype Portraits, two sixth-plate portraits of a husband and wife identified as "Josiah Capen" and wife on interior notes, in matching black "Geometric Scroll, Scallop Edge" cases; a sixth-plate portrait of a woman wearing a lacy bonnet in a pressed paper case; four ninth-plate portraits: a young man, two young women, and a marble bust; three sixteenth plate portraits: a young husband and wife, and a young child, mounted in "Geometric," "Geometric/Scroll," "Single Rose, Floral/Scroll," "Wildflowers," and combination "Children Playing with Toys" and unlisted (Krainik 337, 505, 589, 584, 575, and unlisted) Union cases, (imperfections).
Estimate $300-500

Mrs. Capen- case broken/lossesat hinges.
16th pl. Young child- has wipes and light scratches.
2 16th-plate husband and wife- in a single case & case has an edge crack.
All others with tarnish, dust, spiders.


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