Grinning Guy
SOLD March 2008 |
Quarter plate daguerreotype of rustic looking older man with a grin or smirk. Housed in a 1840s-style leather case with split spine and manufacturer's label in back of case reading "Myron Shew / Dealer in Daguerreotype Materials / No. 116 Chestnut Street / Philadelphia."
Although it is housed in a early case, this image appears to already be a copy of an earlier image, probably a husband-and-wife pose of which the wife's shoulder is visible at left, along with the edge of the original plate/image at right. Focus is somewhat soft, as would be expected in a copy image.
Clearly, whoever had the original image copied agreed that the sitter's expression was worth preserving.
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