A GROUP OF FOUR AMERICAN DAGUERREOTYPES, TAYLOR FAMILY, PRE CIVIL WAR, 1850's, smallest to largest, portrait of a gentleman with silk vest within an oval liner, note about sitter, "George Taylor, Grandmother Valentine's Brother, who were children of Eve Fisler Taylor and Francis Taylor," 3" x 2.25"; portrait of a lady in a wool blanket and bonnet, sitter likely Mary Taylor Valentine or Sarah Taylor, velvet liner marked, "Newcomer's Gallery, 316 N. 2nd St., Philadelphia," 1851-1855; a fine couple dressed in silks, sateens, calfskin gloves and fur, note about sitters: "Son & Lydia Stephens, Dau. of Sarah Taylor and Samuel Middleton," 3.50" x 2.50"; a portrait of a couple embracing, "Uncle Mark & Aunt Carrie Reeves, Caroline was daughter of Sarah Taylor and Samuel Middleton," velvet liner marked, "T. Farris Melodeon Gallery Cincinnati," 1844-1857, 4.50" x 3.50"; three with handwritten notes on sitters.

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