Beschreibung:

Lot of 17 daguerreotypes including one half plate example, 15 sixth plate examples, and one ninth plate example. Highlights include a half plate full standing portrait of a boy holding a book on a table draped with a floral tablecloth and featuring patterned flooring visible in the background. Velvet pad marked for Collins's Sky Light Portraits, Philadelphia. Housed in a leatherette case; a sixth plate portrait of a young woman seated with a partially-tinted ceramic bowl (possibly mochaware) on the table next to her, housed in a pressed paper case; a sixth plate portrait of a young girl with long, curled hair, sitting next to a table surmounted by a porcelain squirrel sculpture. Housed in a pressed paper case; two sixth plate portraits of a boy and girl (possibly siblings) standing next to tables with upturned hats resting on them. Housed together in one pressed paper case; and a sixth plate portrait of a young girl wearing ribbons in her hair and standing next to a table draped with a coverlet. Housed in a half pressed paper case. Nine images housed in full cases (including two in one case), five housed in cases fully separated at spine, two housed in half cases, and one housed under mat and glass only (no case). No union cases included. Provenance:Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography Condition: Images with varying degrees of tarnish, scratching, spotting, discoloration, and wipe marks. Mats with varying degrees of tarnish and spotting. Cases with general wear including separation and heavy loss.