Sixth-plate Daguerreotype of a Miniature Oval Folk Portrait

Description:

Sixth-plate Daguerreotype of a Miniature Oval Folk Portrait, America, mid-19th century, depicting an older woman wearing a white scarf and bonnet, the mat stamped "ANSON 589 BROADWAY," in a brown pressed paper/leather case inscribed "Mrs. Jonathan Waring."
Estimate $300-500


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