The Jim Alterman Collection of Daguerreotypes
Catalogue Information: 192 lots
Lot 501: DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN
Portrait of a woman knitting Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Circa 1855. Brass mat; resealed. Contained in a leather case.
Lot 502: JOHN FRANCIS EUGENE PRUD'HOMME (Active, New York City 1850s-60s)
Young girl with a hoop game Half-plate daguerreotype. 1850s. Embossed credit on the brass mat; resealed. Contained in a thermoplastic hanging frame.
Lot 503: DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN
Family portraits: brothers 2 sixth-plate daguerreotypes. 1850s. Each with brass mat. One fully silvered with original seal. The first contained in a partial leather case; the second in a full leather case. (2).
Lot 504: DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN
An early daguerreian image of a standing Native American with headress and sash Quarter-plate daguerreotype. Circa 1840. Gold foil mat; resealed. Contained in a leather case. SALESROOM NOTICE This is a quarter-plate daguerreotype.
Lot 505: DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN
Daguerreian rendering of a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington Ninth-plate daguerreotype. 1840s. Foil covered paper mat. Contained a in leather case. PROVENANCE Collection of the late Abraham Stransky, Sotheby's, New York, 18 April 1996, lot [...more]
