Lot of 27 portraits of men and women, both posed together and housed side by side in the same case. Includes one quarter plate daguerreotype, eight sixth plate daguerreotypes, one half plate ambrotype, one quarter plate ambrotype, fourteen sixth plate ambrotypes, and two ninth plate tintypes. Images primarily housed in full pressed paper or geometric union cases, including a "Rare" example [Berg 3-66]. Images of note include the half plate ambrotype, which shows a couple with linked arms wearing gold jewelry, and the woman holds what appears to be a half plate photographic case with scalloped edges. Also with a horizontal format daguerreotype of an affectionately posed middle aged couple; two sixth plate daguerreotypes of a man and woman housed in the same case, with the man holding a top hat and the woman holding a book; and two sixth plate ambrotypes of a mature couple by Van Loan, Philadelphia, PA, housed in the same case. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Four under mat and glass only.
Lot of 27 portraits of men and women, both posed together and housed side by side in the same case. Includes one quarter plate daguerreotype, eight sixth plate daguerreotypes, one half plate ambrotype, one quarter plate ambrotype, fourteen sixth plate ambrotypes, and two ninth plate tintypes. Images primarily housed in full pressed paper or geometric union cases, including a "Rare" example [Berg 3-66]. Images of note include the half plate ambrotype, which shows a couple with linked arms wearing gold jewelry, and the woman holds what appears to be a half plate photographic case with scalloped edges. Also with a horizontal format daguerreotype of an affectionately posed middle aged couple; two sixth plate daguerreotypes of a man and woman housed in the same case, with the man holding a top hat and the woman holding a book; and two sixth plate ambrotypes of a mature couple by Van Loan, Philadelphia, PA, housed in the same case. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Four under mat and glass only.
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