Beschreibung:

Lot of 22, consisting of 1 quarter plate ambrotype, 5 sixth plate ambrotypes, 3 ninth plate ambrotypes, 2 half plate tintypes, 2 quarter plate tintypes, 3 sixth plate tintypes, and 6 ninth plate tintypes. Lot features several interesting group portraits of men, women, and children, presumably families, among which are a half plate portrait of a man standing in between two seated women, a quarter plate portrait of a man and woman sitting together and holding books in their laps, and a quarter plate portrait of three standing children who also hold books. Also with a lightly tinted ambrotype of a stylish woman holding her young daughter in her lap and an ambrotype of three older boys seated side by side, housed in a "Rare" Boy on a Flagpole case [4-75G], as catalogued in Berg. Other notable case designs include Capture of Major Andre [1-22], Basket of Fruits and Vegetables [2-6], Eagle in Flight [4-25], The Calmady Children [1-104], The Union and Constitution [1-129], U.S.S. Monitor [1-132], Night with Children [1-142], Mary Had a Little Lamb [1-156], and a floral motif executed in mother of pearl and hand painting. Condition: Condition varies. Many plates with spotting, scratching, and flaking. Two images under broken glass. Two images housed in half cases, with several other cases fully or partially separated at spines. Please refer to digital images for conditions of specific items.