Dec 12, 2013 - Sale 2335

Sale 2335 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
BABBITT, PLATT D. (active 1853-1870)
Quarter-plate daguerreotype depicting a large group of well-dressed tourists at Niagara Falls. Circa 1854
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Babbitt was in the enviable position of claiming an "en plein air" studio in a prime location--in front of Point View, later Prospect Point, on the American side of Niagara Falls, where he maintained a lucrative business.