Lot of 19, consisting of 7 ninth plate daguerreotypes, 2 sixteenth plate daguerreotypes, 1 quarter plate ambrotype, 1 sixth plate ambrotype, and 8 ninth plate ambrotypes, most of which are housed in geometric union cases. Portraits feature men, women, and children and are credited to known photographers on velvet pads, brass mats, case exteriors, or accompanying advertising cards. Highlights include a ninth plate daguerreotype of a lovely young woman wearing an elaborately trimmed bonnet and holding a lace fan by Rees & Co.; a striking ninth plate daguerreotype of a gentleman with full mutton chops, credited to Holmes; a sixth plate ambrotype of a mustachioed fellow wearing a wide-brimmed hat by Rogers; and a quarter plate ambrotype of a brooding little boy taken by Cooper. Other identified photographers and studios include J. Bryant Dunshee, French & Sawyers, Hazleton's Ambrotype Gallery, Maxham, Miller Gallery, Perry's Ambrotype and Melainotype Rooms, J.C. Richards, G.W. Rider, W.M. Stroud, Swift & Mahan, and J.B. Thurston. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Several with scratching and flaking to plates.
Lot of 19, consisting of 7 ninth plate daguerreotypes, 2 sixteenth plate daguerreotypes, 1 quarter plate ambrotype, 1 sixth plate ambrotype, and 8 ninth plate ambrotypes, most of which are housed in geometric union cases. Portraits feature men, women, and children and are credited to known photographers on velvet pads, brass mats, case exteriors, or accompanying advertising cards. Highlights include a ninth plate daguerreotype of a lovely young woman wearing an elaborately trimmed bonnet and holding a lace fan by Rees & Co.; a striking ninth plate daguerreotype of a gentleman with full mutton chops, credited to Holmes; a sixth plate ambrotype of a mustachioed fellow wearing a wide-brimmed hat by Rogers; and a quarter plate ambrotype of a brooding little boy taken by Cooper. Other identified photographers and studios include J. Bryant Dunshee, French & Sawyers, Hazleton's Ambrotype Gallery, Maxham, Miller Gallery, Perry's Ambrotype and Melainotype Rooms, J.C. Richards, G.W. Rider, W.M. Stroud, Swift & Mahan, and J.B. Thurston. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Several with scratching and flaking to plates.
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