[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Children Group of 8 tender daguerreotype portraits of mothers (one grandmother?) and their offspring, comprising 3 quarter-plate images including a formal portrait of a mother with her son and daughter, together with 5

[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Children Group of 8 tender daguerreotype portraits of mothers (one grandmother?) and their offspring, comprising 3 quarter-plate images including a formal portrait of a mother with her son and daughter, together with 5 sixth-plate portraits which lovingly depict the bond between mother and child by showing her steadying hand or reassuring touch; 6 lightly hand-tinted; 6in full leather cases and 2in half leather cases. Late 1840s-mid 50s