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Two 19th century Daguerreotype…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
16-Nov-2024
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Description:
Two 19th century Daguerreotype portraits, comprising portrait of a standing young lady, with right hand resting on a document set on a classical style pillar, wearing a lovely black and white lace dress and various jewels, most notably a chatelaine to the waist suspending propeller pencil and breloques, with red painted accents to the cuffs, visible plate 7 cm, 5.5 cm, case a/f (damage to leather spine), together with a sweet portrait of two young children, identified in inscription verso reading 'Jesse Wharton & Sister', the sister wearing a pocket watch on guard chain suspended at the waist, plate 7 cm, 5.5 cm, a/f (no case) (2) published: "How the watch was worn, a fashion for 500 Years', by Genevieve Cummins.
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Category:
Unclassified