The Daguerreian Society

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![[Ambrotypes] A Civil War Naval Officer and Wife](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511481_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)

![[Daguerreotype] The Miner's Mule](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511473_1_x.jpg?height=260&quality=70&version=1694756161)
![[Tintype] Scarce Portrait of a Pawnee Brave](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511461_1_x.jpg?height=130&quality=70&version=1694467161)
![[Daguerreotype] Masterpiece by Chase](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511444_1_x.jpg?height=130&quality=70&version=1694756544)






















![[Ambrotype] Early War Confederate: Anonymous, quarter-plate ambrotype of an early war Confederate private with a First National "Bible" flag draped over his arm. He proudly displays an M1842 .69-caliber smooth bore musket. At his waist](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511484_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694757007)

![[Tintype] Scarce Portrait of a Pawnee Brave: Anonymous sixth plate housed in a pressed leather case, probably late 1860s or early 1870s. The studio portrait depicts a young Pawnee man in a woman's cotton blouse of the type favored by the men of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511461_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694467161)


![[Civil War CDV] KIA Albert M. Chapin, New York City: CDV of 19-year-old Albert M. Chapin, one of the "Red Legged Devils from Brooklyn," by Thomas Heney, 148 Chatham St. New York, NY, in the unique red-trimmed chasseur uniform worn by this regiment. Chap](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511483_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694467161)
![[Tintype] Young Mother Breastfeeding: Early sixth-plate tinted tintype of a young mother breastfeeding her infant. Obviously taken at home, with the colored wallpaper. A very intimate image, as the mother has opened her gown. The baby's g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511445_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694756479)
![[Daguerreotype] Masterpiece by Chase: Quarter-plate daguerreotype of a young girl, identified as Mary Hemsley, and her wax-head doll. The mat is stamped "Chase" in the lower right. Mary poses regally in a tufted chair, the fabric tinted a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511444_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694756544)

![[Daguerreotype] A Dayton, Ohio Beauty: Sixth plate housed in a thermoplastic wall frame, the brass mat stamped "Barnaby, Dayton." The image depicts a half-smiling young woman wearing a satin dress and lacy cloves. S.B. Barnaby moved from M](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511512_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694467161)

![[Daguerreotype] Tinted English Quarter Plates: A pair of anonymous English images, including a man in military garb standing beside a column, the other of a seated man reading a book. NO RESERVE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511479_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694467161)

![[Contemporary Stereo Daguerreotype] Mike Robinson (1961- ): Mike Robinson, Canadian. A fine, contemporary stereo daguerreotype still life in honor of Daguerre in a passe-partout glass mount. Includes bust of Daguerre, brass lens, alcohol lamp, quill, and paint](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511505_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694467161)
![[Daguerreotype] Southworth and Hawes Allegory: A sixth plate from the famed Feigenbaum cache, the two women posed by the masters. One looks down and away from the operator. Her companion half turns away and holds a potted plant, her eyes glancing](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5675/301233/160511451_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1694757989)