Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 1,690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(OCCUPATIONALS)
Pair of unusual occupational portraits, comprising a quarter-plate daguerreotype of a young engineer holding a slide rule and compass, in a leather case, with a handwritten note to his beloved, Caroline, "Though far away I love thee still;" and a sixth-plate daguerreotype of a tinsmith, with many of his tools in the background, in a metal frame. 1850s