Root's Gallery Philadelphia half plate daguerreotype

American, 19th century. Improperly wiped around edges, case in disrepair.

M.A. ROOT HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF A GENTLEMAN IN A LEATHER UNION CASE.. NEW YORK STUDIO. CIRCA1849-1857

M.A. ROOT HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF A YOUNG MAN IN A LEATHER UNION CASE. NEW YORK STUDIO. CIRCA1849-1857

UNIDENTIFIED. Affectionate Brothers, c. 1855. 5.8x4.3" daguerreotype (half plate) in oval passe-partout and 9.8x8.6" frame.

A Collection of Five 19th Century Photographic PortraitsA half-plate daguerreotype of a woman in a full bonnet and jewelry, seated with a gentleman holding a walking cane. A quarter-plate daguerreotyp

View of the Old Mead Family Homestead, Quaker Ridge Farm, North Greenwich, Connecticut, circa 1850, a winter scene with two people in a horse-drawn sleigh out front of a colonial saltbox house, barn t

Cased Daguerreotype of the Sexton family of three, seated in front of a painting of their departed child, in the original leather case with simple brass mat, circa 1845. Handwritten note (in the hand

Cased Daguerreotype Photo of the Colonial Sexton Mansion on Warehouse Point in East Windsor, now 99 Main St., built circa 1810, this image taken circa 1845, from the vantage of the road, surrounded by

Portraits of Ida Josephine Babbitt (1845-1939) as a child, at about two and four years, with hand coloring, having simple brass mats. Very good condition. She was the daughter of Soap Magnate Benjamin

1) Sixth plate daguerreotype. Ruggedly handsome man. "THOMPSON'S GALLERY WASHINGTON D.C." on velvet pad. Split case.2) Half plate daguerreotype. Two children. Boy standing. Toddler on a high chair. Fu

Gent in light colored coat Reimer's Gallery Philadelphia, Anonymous.

All from the Mead-Babbitt-Hyde-Sexton Family of Greenwich, CT, NYC & Boston, MA., circa 1850, including: (2) children identified as "Uncle Tom Sexton and Aunt Eliz. Sexton Downey", in a worn full leat

(lot of 23) Daguerreotypes ranging is size from half plate to a sixteenth of a plate, subjects include men, women and children, many cases are only partial or in poor condition, one showing two young

ABRAHAM BOGARDUS. Three Sisters, c. 1852. 4.5x3.3" daguerreotype (1/2 plate) in 5.5x4.3" brass mat. Stamped on mat recto: BOGARDUS. Among the early pioneers of photography, Abraham Bogardus is a notab

French 1/2 Plate Daguerreotype of an Etching mirror corrected and reading "Hippocrate Refuse Prasans D'Artaxerces in a half-plate leather case embossed velvet reading "Brady's Gallery - Broadway New Y

(ANTHROPOLOGY.) Moore, Clarence B. 9 volumes for the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia, vd Volume X (Parts I-VIII). 86 plates; later half calf with gilt spine labels. Philadelphia

Four quarter plate size and includes one family group of six, gentleman with young girl, 2 single of gentlemen , 3 sixth plate size, 2 of women. All leather half cases, velvet fronts, gilt frame plate

[MILITARIA]. Half plate daguerreotype of US Marine Corps Officer, Lieutenant R.L. Browning. Ca 1852-1853.  Half plate daguerreotype with hand coloring. (Strong clarity, hairline abrasion running

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype collection identified to the Ellis/Boyd Family of Baltimore, MD. Seated portrait of a well-dressed gentleman with slight sideburns (tarnishing to edges, s

The woman, likely royalty and surely someone admired by many, poses elegantly with flowers up to her chest. Her face is nuanced.Half plate is considered very large in daguerreotype circles (5 1/2 x 4

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of a three-year-old girl and her toy dog. Half plate daguerreotype. (Horizontal wipes throughout plate, sharp clarity to image.) Housed in full, pressed p

Half plate Daguerreotype of Mother and 3 daughters together with 2 gem tintype albums. 1) Daguerreotype in full leather case. Some tarnishing to image. Overall: 6 x 4.75in. 2) Embossed and gilt leathe

Half plate Daguerreotype of large family. Image measures 3.375-in. x 4.75-in. sight size. Cased, image is in very good condition, lid of case is loose. Measures 4.75-in. x 6-in. total. If lot is absen

Matte marked J. Gurney 349 Broadway. Conserved by Casey Allen Waters, Exeter NH in August 2008 with notes on seals verso.