Beschreibung:

Lot of 17 daguerreotype portraits. Includes one half plate example, one quarter plate example, 14 sixth plate examples, and one ninth plate example. Highlights include a quarter plate portrait of three children including two boys and one girl posed together, one of the boy's hands blurred from likely movement, housed in a pressed paper case with velvet pad marked for Bradley's Gallery, Philadelphia; a slightly blurred sixth plate portrait of two small children wearing fine coats and hats, with note identifying them as "Albert G. Page & cousin Nel Mitchell," housed in a pressed paper case fully separated at spine; a sixth plate portrait of three boys with striking gazes, staring directly into the camera, housed in a pressed paper case fully separated at spine; and a pair of sixth plate portraits of three children in total, housed together in a push-button case. Seven images housed in full cases (including two in same case), four images housed in cases fully separated at spine, five images housed in half cases, one image housed under mat, glass, and preserver (no case). No union cases included in this lot. Provenance:Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography Condition: Images with varying condition issues including tarnish, spotting, discoloration, scratching, wipe marks, etc. Mats with varying degrees of spotting and tarnish, etc. Cases with moderate to heavy wear including separation and loss.