Leaning on Mom
SOLD March 2007 |
Sixth plate daguerreotype, anonymous American, showing a mother and two sons, one leaning his elbow on her upper shoulder. Housed in a full leather case with pressed butterfly design on pad, hinge weak but intact.
Encroaching tarnish around the edges of plate.
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