Opening: $150 Hammer Price: $150 SOLD Skylight Gallery 15 May 2002

Sixth plate daguerreotype of a dark-haired young woman clutching her anxious child, ca. 1850. Some traces of applied gilt. Housed in a half case.   ( Inventory# ad383 )

Both mother and daughter in this image seem to draw equal comfort from the other's presence. Crisp detail and rich blacks.

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