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R. KNECHT (active 1850s)
Sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a pensive young African American woman in a tinted pink dress.
With
the debossed credit of “R. Knecht, ARTIST, Easton, PA” in the velvet lining; in the original seals;
in a leather case, separated at hinge, with the notation 1854, in pencil, in the case. 1854
[1,500/2,500]
From the Collection of Harry Amdur.
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(FOLK ART)
Quarter-plate memorial daguerreotype of a father
holding a small wooden coffin.
In a leather case
with a silk lining. Early 1850s
[700/1,000]
From the Collection of Harry Amdur.
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