Lot of 19 daguerreotypes of children, containing ten sixth plates, eight ninth plates, and one 1" diameter circular bare plate portrait. Most housed in full or half pressed paper cases, with three under mat and glass only and one bare sixth plate. Additionally, a ninth plate portrait of a young lady wearing a long hair ribbon and gold necklace is housed in a velvet oval case with a mother of pearl cameo. Of note in this group is an image of slouching girl supported by an adult's arm, two plates of girls holding dolls, and a portrait of a girl in a smock-style dress attributed to N.S. Warner. Provenance:Charles A. and Frances Swedlund Collection of Early Photography Condition: Most resealed by the collector within the last twenty years.
Lot of 19 daguerreotypes of children, containing ten sixth plates, eight ninth plates, and one 1" diameter circular bare plate portrait. Most housed in full or half pressed paper cases, with three under mat and glass only and one bare sixth plate. Additionally, a ninth plate portrait of a young lady wearing a long hair ribbon and gold necklace is housed in a velvet oval case with a mother of pearl cameo. Of note in this group is an image of slouching girl supported by an adult's arm, two plates of girls holding dolls, and a portrait of a girl in a smock-style dress attributed to N.S. Warner. Provenance:Charles A. and Frances Swedlund Collection of Early Photography Condition: Most resealed by the collector within the last twenty years.
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