Opening: $200 Hammer Price: $200 SOLD Skylight Gallery 22 March 2006

Brilliant sixth plate daguerreotype of father and daughter in tender pose. Anonymous American ca. 1850. Housed in a full leather case with fading and just barely intact leather hinge.   ( Inventory# ia796 )

The plate has a beautiful red and yellow tonality. Light mat abrasion at edges.

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