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A BOLD LOOK AT DEATH DAGUERREOTYPE

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CHILD POSTMORTEM CRADLED BY FATHER: Sixth plate daguerreotype.The father looks forlorn. He holds the child lovingly with two hands and a shoulder, but looks off into space as if saying "What happened? Why did our little child have to go

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WOMAN NURSING BABY DAGUERREOTYPE: Sixth plate. Excellent example of this rare genre! The mother looks content and the infant is certainly being nurtured. The daguerreotypist carefully arranged the lighting, and the mother cooperated b

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[Daguerreotype] Southworth and Hawes Allegory: A sixth plate from the famed Feigenbaum cache, the two women posed by the masters. One looks down and away from the operator. Her companion half turns away and holds a potted plant, her eyes glancing

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STAFFORDSHIRE DOG STATUETTE/TIN TOY DAGUERREOTYPE TRIO: 1) Sixth plate. Girl and large staffordshire dog. She has bottleneck curls and an off-shoulder dress. The 'dog' looks at her proudly. Split case.2) Sixth plate. Boy in a dress with a tin toy at left a

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HANDSOME! HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE & UNION CASE: Handsome man looks ambitious. Shoulders at an angle, but looks right at us. Housed in thermoplastic Union case. NO RESERVE

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BOY WITH TOY HORN DAGUERREOTYPE: Sixth plate daguerreotype. The boy fingers his toy horn (likely made from an animal's horn). He looks earnestly at the camera and was successful at staying still. Full case.NO RESERVE

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William McKinley Assassination, Broadside Extra with: Printed broadside, 6 x 9 in., bold heading EXTRA!/ Pres. McKinley Assassinated. A same-day report of McKinley's shooting, with an erroneous report of his death. The broadside continues "Shot While Att

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Rare Confederate Civil War officer daguerreotype photo: Estate found confederate officer civil war daguerreotype. Will require research. Has not been examined outside of framework case. From a prominent Georgia estate.

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Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Black woman with white child: Conserved by Casey Allen Waters, Exeter NH in July 2008 with notes on seal verso.

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CONSTANTINE MANOS Mourning a War Death 1966: CONSTANTINE MANOS. Aunt at the Funeral of Her Nephew Killed in Vietnam, South Carolina, 1966. 19x12.9" gelatin silver print on 20x15.9" paper. Printed 1966. Signed in ink on print recto. Signed in pen

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WILLIAM GARNETT - Sand Dunes #4, Death Valley, CA, 1954: ARTIST: WILLIAM GARNETT TITLE: 'Sand Dunes #4, Death Valley, CA, 1954' MEDIUM: Silver Gelatin IMAGE SIZE: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in DESCRIPTION: Signed in pencil mount recto. Stamped, titled, and signed in p

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OCCUPATIONAL DAGUERREOTYPE: WATCHMAKER & TOOLS: Sixth plate daguerreotype.Offered is an occupational daguerreotype: a watchmaker with his tools. He has a small hammer in one hand and pliers in the other. On the table are watchmaker tools. His hands

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Daguerreotype Coloring Kit : Wonderful mahogany box with hinged lid and drawer containing all the elements used for adding color to daguerreotypes and salted paper prints. The kit includes fourteen vials with pigments, one brush,

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[Stereo Daguerreotype] A. R. Hallowell, First Republican Convention: Daguerreotype of a gentleman identified as Abner Rice Hallowell (1805-1879) of Bangor, Maine, in a rare folding daguerreotype viewing case invented and patented in 1855 by John Stull of Philadelphia.

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[Music] Smith, Patti Kodak, and A Useless Death: [Music] Smith, Patti Kodak, and A Useless Death Kodak(Philadelphia: Middle Earth Books, 1972). First and limited edition, #94/100 copies signed and numbered by Smith. 8vo. Unpaginated. No. 3 in Series

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RARE MARION HAWES DAGUERREOTYPE BY SOUTHWORTH & HAWES: Sixth plate daguerreotype in push-button case. This is a portrait of Marion Augusta Hawes, daughter of Josiah Johnson Hawes and Nancy Stiles Southworth. Nancy (sister of Albert Sands wife of J.J. Hawe

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Description

Sixth plate. Is this a woman close to death, or is it a postmortem? Her eyes are open, but some say that the deceased often appear this way. Her hands seem very much alive. Worn full case.

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Condition

Tiny mold spider at top, left of center. Light mat abrasions. Very good condition.

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A BOLD LOOK AT DEATH DAGUERREOTYPE

Name: A BOLD LOOK AT DEATH DAGUERREOTYPE
SKU: 137254908
Price: 700 USD
Availability: InStock

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