Lot of 4. Quarter plate daguerreotype standing portrait of two young children holding hands and wearing the same outfit and hairstyle, including checkered pants and collared shirts. Housed in full pressed paper case. Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of two girls wearing similarly patterned dresses and hair parted down the middle. Housed in half pressed paper case. Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of two young boys, one seated and one standing, wearing the same shirts and plaid pants. Housed in half pressed paper case. Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of a mother holding two babies (possibly twins) wearing the same dress in her lap. Housed in full pressed paper case (with repair to spine.) Condition: Two images housed in half cases. One housed in full case with repair to spine. All cases with wear to edges, corners, and raised surfaces including heavy finish loss. Images with varying condition issues including tarnish to plate and discoloration to mat of sixth plate daguerreotype.
Lot of 4. Quarter plate daguerreotype standing portrait of two young children holding hands and wearing the same outfit and hairstyle, including checkered pants and collared shirts. Housed in full pressed paper case. Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of two girls wearing similarly patterned dresses and hair parted down the middle. Housed in half pressed paper case. Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of two young boys, one seated and one standing, wearing the same shirts and plaid pants. Housed in half pressed paper case. Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of a mother holding two babies (possibly twins) wearing the same dress in her lap. Housed in full pressed paper case (with repair to spine.) Condition: Two images housed in half cases. One housed in full case with repair to spine. All cases with wear to edges, corners, and raised surfaces including heavy finish loss. Images with varying condition issues including tarnish to plate and discoloration to mat of sixth plate daguerreotype.
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