Oct 18, 2011 - Sale 2257

Sale 2257 - Lot 27

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(UNION AND OVERSIZE CASES)
Whole-plate ambrotype portrait in a special double-fold, freestanding leather case depicting a lovely-looking young woman attired in a velvet jacket adorned with a lace collar; her accessories include earrings, a pendant and ring; the jewelry gilted and her healthy cheeks hand tinted; with the original key. AND--Group of 3 sixth-plate daguerreotypes of women, comprising a hand-colored portrait of a thoughtful beauty by Broadbent; a reproduction of a painting of a fresh-faced lady who's wearing a hand-tinted shawl and bonnet; and a fashionably-dressed woman with a remarkable hairdo, in a "Memory's Leaflet" gilt-pictorial leather case; the first two dags are resealed, and in leather and Union cases. 1855-1859