Opening: $400 Hammer Price: $400 SOLD Skylight Gallery 29 October 2009

Sixth plate daguerreotype of a standing man holding a little girl in his arms, by Lewis Babbitt, Worchester, Massachusetts, ca. 1855. Housed in a full leather case.   ( Inventory# ic393 )

An unusual and spontaneous image.

Condition: A very small and faint "finger-point" brush mark in upper right corner, a few mat abrasions.

Due to abrasions around the mat opening the original mat, which bears the photographer's imprint "L. Babbitt," has been replaced with a mat having a slightly narrower opening. The original mat is retained in case behind the image.

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