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(OCCUPATIONALS AND PORTRAITS)
Half-plate daguerreotype portrait depicting 9 members of a brass band, most of whom are shown with instruments.
The gentleman in the lower right holds a timpani mallet and kettle drum; unsealed; in a leather
case, separated at hinge. 1850s
[1,400/1,800]
ACCOMPANIED BY—A pair of daguerreotypes, comprising an early quarter-plate group portrait
with more than 40 subjects, and a sixth-plate of a young guy with a single crutch; in leather cases. 1850s
From the Collection of Harry Amdur..
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(NUDE)
Hand-tinted sixth-plate daguerreotype of a nude, who is wearing a gilt-highlighted strand of pearls, a garland,
and posing with apples in each hand.
In a contemporary seal; lacks a case. 1850s
[500/750]
From the Collection of Harry Amdur.
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(CHILDREN)
Unusual sixth-plate daguerreotype depicting a boy standing by a column while a bonneted woman appears at
the top right.
Her large hand is juxtaposed to his smaller one on top of the column; hand tinted; in
a half leather case. 1850s
[800/1,200]
WITH—Group of 7 daguerrean sixth-plates of kids and young adults, including a “hidden” woman
holding a sleeping child and a post-mortem of an infant; several are hand-tinted; each in full or half
leather cases, and one in a black lacquer case. 1850s.
From the Collection of Harry Amdur.
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