Cases contain five sixth plate portraits of female subjects, including an ambrotype of a girl wearing a patterned dress and hair ribbons, with "Porter & Co." stamped on brass mat at lower right [3-182]; a postmortem tintype of a women in a coffin, with a foliage in her hand [3-183]; and a daguerreotype of a woman in gloves holding a cased image, lightly tinted in red [3-186]. Provenance:Paul K. Berg Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames Condition: Overall light surface wear. Adhesive residue present along top edge of [3-182], with cracks present at clasp to [3-141R]. Clasping hardware present but minimally functional [3-141R, 3-186].
Cases contain five sixth plate portraits of female subjects, including an ambrotype of a girl wearing a patterned dress and hair ribbons, with "Porter & Co." stamped on brass mat at lower right [3-182]; a postmortem tintype of a women in a coffin, with a foliage in her hand [3-183]; and a daguerreotype of a woman in gloves holding a cased image, lightly tinted in red [3-186]. Provenance:Paul K. Berg Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames Condition: Overall light surface wear. Adhesive residue present along top edge of [3-182], with cracks present at clasp to [3-141R]. Clasping hardware present but minimally functional [3-141R, 3-186].
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