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Lot of 16. Includes one quarter plate daguerreotype, one quarter plate ambrotype, 11 sixth plate daguerreotypes, two sixth plate ambrotypes, and one ninth plate ambrotype. Highlights include a quarter plate daguerreotype standing portrait of a young girl wearing a red-tinted necklace, housed under mat, glass, and preserver (no case); a sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young boy holding a book on his lap with finely tinted details including a gold-and-red-tinted peacock illustration, housed in a pressed paper case; a quarter plate ambrotype of a boy sitting at a table topped with a multi-colored flower pot display and a gold-and-red-tinted curtain behind him, housed in a pressed paper case; and a ninth plate ambrotype portrait of a young girl wearing a pink-tinted dress and a red-tinted necklace, housed in a mother-of-pearl case [Variant Berg 6-237]. Seven images housed in full cases, three images housed in cases fully separated at spine, two images housed in half cases, one image housed under mat, glass, and preserver (no case), one image housed in full velvet case, and one image housed in full mother-of-pearl case. Provenance:Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography Condition: Images with varying condition issues including tarnish, spotting, wipe marks, wear to emulsion, spotting to mat, etc. Cases with moderate to heavy wear including separation and loss.