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Title: Lot of eight Daguerreotypes Author: ** Place: Various places Publisher: Date: c.1840's-'50's Description: Includes: Man and woman seated together, she's wearing a bonnet, his hand is around her shoulder. With gilt mat and protector, in lower half of leather case. 4x3" (slightly larger than quarter plate). * Portrait of seated women in fancy dress and lace gloves. With gilt mat and protector, in lower half of leather case (splitting along spine). Quarter plate. * Portrait of a woman in plain dress, holding a book. With brass mat, in leather case, repaired along spine (repair coming loose). Quarter plate. * Portrait of a woman in plain dress wearing a bonnett, her left arm resting on a table on which sits a book. With brass mat (tarnished) & gilt protector, in leather case (split through along spine). Quarter plate). * Portrait of woman seated in a chair, holding a book. With brass mat & gilt protector, in leather case (split through along spine, remains of earlier tape repair). Quarter plate. * Portrait of a man with high collar. (Spotting to image). With gilt mat and protector, in lower half of leather case. Quarter plate. * Portrait of a woman wearing a bonnett. With brass mat (tarnished), in leather case. Quarter plate. * Portrait of a woman wearing a dress (tarnished and spotted). With brass mat, in leatrher case. Sixth plate. Together, 8 daguerreotypes. Lot Amendments Condition: Varying amounts of wear, some tarnishing mostly around the edges, else generally very good. Item number: 155875