100 FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
Catalogue Information: 116 lots with images | View lots
Date: 19 February 2009
Auction House:
Location:
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY
USA
10010
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing Notes:
Exhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2170 - 100 Fine Photographs - begins at 1:30pm in New York on Thurs, Feb 19. All material in Sale 2170 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, Feb 14: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Feb 16: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Feb 17: 10am to 8pm - Wed, Feb 18: 10am to 6pm - Thurs, Feb 19: 10am to Noon.
Lot 1: (CASED IMAGE) Delicately hand-tinted sixth-plate daguerreotype of a cultured gentleman, possibly Nathaniel Currier,
(CASED IMAGE) Delicately hand-tinted sixth-plate daguerreotype of a cultured gentleman, possibly Nathaniel Currier, posing before the print "MacDonough's Victory on Lake Champlain and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, 1814," [...more]
Lot 2: (CASED IMAGE) Portrait of Dolley Madison, widow of President James Madison.
(CASED IMAGE) Portrait of Dolley Madison, widow of President James Madison. Sixth-plate daguerreotype; in a leather case, lacks cover. Circa 1845
Lot 3: (CASED IMAGE) Portrait of early American chess master Paul Morphy
(CASED IMAGE) Portrait of early American chess master Paul Morphy and a companion, with a chess game in progress between them. Sixth-plate daguerreotype with delicate gilt highlights; in a leather case. 1850s
Lot 4: (CASED IMAGE) Quarter-plate daguerreotype of Daniel Webster
(CASED IMAGE) Quarter-plate daguerreotype of Daniel Webster after a painting; sealed; in a leather case (with a detached front cover). Circa 1855
Lot 6: BEDFORD, FRANCIS (1816-1894) Suite of 3 albums entitled "Photographic Pictures Made By Mr. Francis Bedford
BEDFORD, FRANCIS (1816-1894) Suite of 3 albums entitled "Photographic Pictures Made By Mr. Francis Bedford During the Tour in the East in which, by command, he accompanied His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." With a total of 172 photographs. A [...more]
