Opening: $85 Hammer Price: $85 SOLD Skylight Gallery 28 April 2009

Quarter plate daguerreotype of woman wearing cameo, anonymous American ca. 1855. Housed in a full pressed-paper case with divided spine.   ( Inventory# ic222 )

A superb plate, at about the highest level possible in daguerreotypes in terms of detail and three-dimensionality. Light tinting to cheeks and lips.

Plate in pristine condition.

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