Lot of 16, including one half plate ambrotype, two quarter plate ambrotypes, five sixth plate ambrotypes, four sixth plate daguerreotypes, one sixth plate tintype, two ninth plate ambrotypes, and one ninth plate daguerreotype. Highlights include a striking sixth plate daguerreotype portrait featuring a gentleman wearing a top hat, posed casually with a cigar in his mouth; a quarter plate ambrotype portrait of a young man wearing a short-brimmed hat, standing in a studio, with backdrop and side panel visible in the scene; a half plate ambrotype portrait featuring an older gentleman wearing a tall derby-style hat; a sixth plate ambrotype portrait featuring a bearded gentleman wearing an interesting cloth hat; and a ninth plate daguerreotype portrait featuring a young man wearing a tall derby-style hat, with a cigar in his mouth, the tip of which has been colored red, housed in a half case. Five images housed in union cases. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Various. Images with varying degrees of tarnish and general wear to plate and case. Many images quite clear. Two ninth plate images housed in half cases.
Lot of 16, including one half plate ambrotype, two quarter plate ambrotypes, five sixth plate ambrotypes, four sixth plate daguerreotypes, one sixth plate tintype, two ninth plate ambrotypes, and one ninth plate daguerreotype. Highlights include a striking sixth plate daguerreotype portrait featuring a gentleman wearing a top hat, posed casually with a cigar in his mouth; a quarter plate ambrotype portrait of a young man wearing a short-brimmed hat, standing in a studio, with backdrop and side panel visible in the scene; a half plate ambrotype portrait featuring an older gentleman wearing a tall derby-style hat; a sixth plate ambrotype portrait featuring a bearded gentleman wearing an interesting cloth hat; and a ninth plate daguerreotype portrait featuring a young man wearing a tall derby-style hat, with a cigar in his mouth, the tip of which has been colored red, housed in a half case. Five images housed in union cases. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Various. Images with varying degrees of tarnish and general wear to plate and case. Many images quite clear. Two ninth plate images housed in half cases.
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