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Two portraits of children in an embossed case

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Sale 328: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Atlases (#328) 03/23/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 03/23/2006 1:00 PM PST

Lot #33 Two portraits of children in an embossed case

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Estimate: $100 - $150

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Heading:

(Daguerreotypes)

Title:

Two portraits of children in an embossed case

Author:

**

Date Published:

1850's

Description:

Two sixth-plate daguerreotypes of a toddler girl and her brother and of another girl and brother about 10 and 12 years old, the younger children with tinted pink cheeks. Housed opposite each other in an embossed case with gilt and two clasps.

Charming double image of four children. From the collection of Charles Segerstrom.

Condition:

Case separated in two, wear and old repair to hinge covering one side of the gilt, some other spots of wear to case; mild tarnish and speckling to photographs; very good.

Item#:

144563
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