Lot of 13 daguerreotype portraits of men and boys wearing hats. Includes nine sixth plate examples and four ninth plate examples. Highlights include a sixth plate portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a fur hat, housed in a pressed paper case; a sixth plate portrait of a gentleman with a perturbed expression wearing a top hat with striped fabric embellishment, housed in a pressed paper case; a sixth plate portrait of a gentleman with a condescending expression wearing a short, flat-rimmed hat and necktie, housed under mat, glass, and preserver (no case); and a ninth plate portrait of a young bearded gentleman with arms folded and wearing a uniform-style hat (similar to that of a train conductor's hat), housed in a half pressed paper case. Six images housed in full cases (including one with mother-of-pearl inlay), one image housed in a case fully separated at spine, five images housed in half cases, and one image housed under mat, glass, and preserver (no case). No union cases included. Provenance:Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography Condition: Images with varying degrees of tarnish, clouding, darkening, spotting, and scratching/wipe marks. Cases with moderate to heavy wear including separation and loss.
Lot of 13 daguerreotype portraits of men and boys wearing hats. Includes nine sixth plate examples and four ninth plate examples. Highlights include a sixth plate portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a fur hat, housed in a pressed paper case; a sixth plate portrait of a gentleman with a perturbed expression wearing a top hat with striped fabric embellishment, housed in a pressed paper case; a sixth plate portrait of a gentleman with a condescending expression wearing a short, flat-rimmed hat and necktie, housed under mat, glass, and preserver (no case); and a ninth plate portrait of a young bearded gentleman with arms folded and wearing a uniform-style hat (similar to that of a train conductor's hat), housed in a half pressed paper case. Six images housed in full cases (including one with mother-of-pearl inlay), one image housed in a case fully separated at spine, five images housed in half cases, and one image housed under mat, glass, and preserver (no case). No union cases included. Provenance:Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography Condition: Images with varying degrees of tarnish, clouding, darkening, spotting, and scratching/wipe marks. Cases with moderate to heavy wear including separation and loss.
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