Lot of 15 figural union cases, consisting of 1 sixth plate, 7 ninth plates, and 7 sixteenth plates, all with figural covers. Designs include Harvest Motif [Berg 1-89], Angel Holding Cornucopia [1-141], Beehive, Farm Motif [1-147], Mary Had a Little Lamb [1-156], A Game of Chess [1-163], Moses in the Bulrushes 2 and 3 [1-169, 1-170], Catching Butterflies 2 [1-172], The Sleeping Friar 2 [1-174], Children at the Fence 1 [1-175], Beehive [1-180], and The Sleeping Friar 1 [1-181]. Also with "Rare" cases including Pastoral Rest 1 [1-198] and two examples of Young Sailor [1-177], as catalogued in Berg. Cases contain three ninth plate daguerreotypes, six sixteenth plate daguerreotypes, two ninth plate ambrotypes, one sixteenth plate ambrotype, and two ninth plate tintypes showing male and female subjects, including an elliptical portrait of a bored looking woman with a unibrow [1-172]. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Condition varies. Several with cracks, chips, and areas of repair. Please refer to digital images for conditions of specific cases.
Lot of 15 figural union cases, consisting of 1 sixth plate, 7 ninth plates, and 7 sixteenth plates, all with figural covers. Designs include Harvest Motif [Berg 1-89], Angel Holding Cornucopia [1-141], Beehive, Farm Motif [1-147], Mary Had a Little Lamb [1-156], A Game of Chess [1-163], Moses in the Bulrushes 2 and 3 [1-169, 1-170], Catching Butterflies 2 [1-172], The Sleeping Friar 2 [1-174], Children at the Fence 1 [1-175], Beehive [1-180], and The Sleeping Friar 1 [1-181]. Also with "Rare" cases including Pastoral Rest 1 [1-198] and two examples of Young Sailor [1-177], as catalogued in Berg. Cases contain three ninth plate daguerreotypes, six sixteenth plate daguerreotypes, two ninth plate ambrotypes, one sixteenth plate ambrotype, and two ninth plate tintypes showing male and female subjects, including an elliptical portrait of a bored looking woman with a unibrow [1-172]. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Condition varies. Several with cracks, chips, and areas of repair. Please refer to digital images for conditions of specific cases.
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