Opening: $65 Hammer Price: $65 SOLD Skylight Gallery 28 April 2009

Sixth plate daguerreotype of a young woman, anonymous American ca. 1840s. Housed in a full case with split spine   ( Inventory# ic153 )

This 1840s woman seems to have had some anxieties in life but puts on her finest for the daguerreotypist, including carefully curled hair, a spotless dress, and ribbon around her neck tied in a bow. All details have been finely rendered in superb detail by a very skilled daguerreotypist. Light tinting to cheeks.

Plate in superb condition, minor mat abrasion at edges.

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