IMPORTANT 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS
Catalogue Information: 382 lots with images
Lot 1: (CASED IMAGE)
Quarter-plate daguerreotype of a Tin and Sheet Iron factory, with signage reading "H. Drury, Stoves," and a group of laborers standing by a lightly tinted red wagon; in a leather case (separated at hinge). Mid-1850s
Lot 2: (CASED IMAGE) richards, frederick debourg
Half-plate daguerreotype of Lola Montez; resealed; in an "American Country Life--Summer's Evening" Union case. Circa 1851
Lot 3: (CASED IMAGE)
Stunning sixth-plate daguerreotype of a young girl with an African-American child at her feet; in a full leather case, split; in original seals. 1850s
Lot 4: HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS (1802-1870) & ADAMSON, ROBERT (1821-1848)
"Lord Robertson." Salted paper print from a calotype negative, 8x5 3/4 inches (20.3x14.6 m.), with the sitter identified, in pencil, on mount recto. Circa 1845
Lot 5: HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS (1802-1870) & ADAMSON, ROBERT (1821-1848)
"Master [James] Miller." Salted paper print from a calotype negative, 7 3/4x5 1/2 inches (19.7x14 cm.), on a paper mount with linen backing. 1840s
