[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Group Portraits Pair of quarter-plate daguerreotypes, the first, by John Plumbe, of a family of 6 comprising a mother and father with their well-attired brood of three daughters and one son, and the second portrait

[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Group Portraits Pair of quarter-plate daguerreotypes, the first, by John Plumbe, of a family of 6 comprising a mother and father with their well-attired brood of three daughters and one son, and the second portrait showing a family of 5 consisting of the serious- visaged parents and their children who are dressed in identical checked trousers and multi-buttoned shirts; the Plumbe with the photographer's imprint in the mat; the first in a half leather case, the second in a full leather case, separated at the hinge. Late 1840s, middle 1850s