Description:
Half-plate Daguerreotype of a Winter Procession, probably Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1850s, depicting a number of white-robed Jewish leaders traveling by sleigh along a crowded street, (image toned at extremities),4 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Estimate $2,000-4,000
Image has a few pinpoint spots of corrosion and is toned at extremeties.
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