Lot of 11, including four quarter plate portraits and seven sixth plate portraits. Highlights include sixth plate portraits of an older man in a striped vest credited to Bailey; a scholarly looking young man, identified as Samuel B. Craft (1816-1899) by Weston, New York, NY; and young man with long, thin nose and a pocket watch chain, with brass mat stamped "Moses / Sky-Light." Also with two Anson portraits showing a bearded man wearing patterned pants and smiling slightly, as well as a young man seated in profile with elegantly-styled hair. Among the other identified photographers are S. Broadbent; Cooley, Springfield, MA; Holmes, New York, NY; Van Loan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; H. Wendell, Albany, NY; and E.S. Wykes. All housed in full pressed paper or thermoplastic cases, one with full separation at spine. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Condition varies. Profile portrait with scratching that obscures subject's mouth. Others with areas of tarnish and spots.
Lot of 11, including four quarter plate portraits and seven sixth plate portraits. Highlights include sixth plate portraits of an older man in a striped vest credited to Bailey; a scholarly looking young man, identified as Samuel B. Craft (1816-1899) by Weston, New York, NY; and young man with long, thin nose and a pocket watch chain, with brass mat stamped "Moses / Sky-Light." Also with two Anson portraits showing a bearded man wearing patterned pants and smiling slightly, as well as a young man seated in profile with elegantly-styled hair. Among the other identified photographers are S. Broadbent; Cooley, Springfield, MA; Holmes, New York, NY; Van Loan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; H. Wendell, Albany, NY; and E.S. Wykes. All housed in full pressed paper or thermoplastic cases, one with full separation at spine. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Condition varies. Profile portrait with scratching that obscures subject's mouth. Others with areas of tarnish and spots.
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