Augustus Washington (Hartford, CT) 1840's Half Plate Daguerreotype

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

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

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

14 daguerreotypes. 13 sixth plates. 1 ninth plate. 6 full cases. 4 half cases. 3 uncased. The ninth plate has a half case. 3 male & female couples. 6 of women, 5 of men.Features:1) 1840s Woman identif

[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

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

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

A masterpiece of the genre, this large half plate daguerreotype shows a deceased little girl who has been delicately arranged on a pillow and chesterfield sofa. The dress she is wearing, perhaps her f

Two Fully Cased Daguerreotypes, a Half-Plate and a Sixth Platecirca 1850, the larger image captures a realistic painting of a well-dressed gentleman and is placed under glass behind a textured octagon

Title: 1840’s Mother and Son Quarter Plate Daguerreotype Additional Info: A ¼ plate daguerreotype of a young mother and her scowling son whom she is holding onto so he doesn’t move. He managed to

early American Daguerreotype sliding-box camera, beautifully crafted mahogany body, half-plate size, except for the ground glass no missing parts, with early unmarked Petzval type lens (c.15cm focal l

Smooth rim plate by Samuel Hamlin Sr. 1767-1801, Hartford CT and Providence, RI or Samuel E Hamlin Jr. 1801-1856. Providence RI with Jacobs 159 mark. Diameter 9-3/16". Pewter smooth brim by Samuel Har

Sixth plate daguerreotype.Full leather case. Very rarely does one have the opportunity to acquire a daguerreotype of this vintage of a house. With its square cornered foil paper mat and the simplicity

LOT OF 29 IMAGES, HALF-PLATE AMBROTYPE (MAY BE A GLASS NEGATIVE) OF F.E. NELSON STORE AND INN; 12 SIXTH-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES, NICE IMAGES, 1 UNION CASE; 15 NINTH-PLATES, MOST AMBROTYPES, SOME TINS, 1

Sixth-plate daguerreotypes by Jeremiah Gurney of New York, NY (active 1840-50s) in early leather cases, depicting the same gentleman. The first image shows a gentleman holding a sheaf of papers. He is

Anonymous, ninth-plate portrait of a well-dressed young African American woman, ca. 1850-55. Pinned to the pad is a manuscript identifying the sitter as "Muriella Williams. Salisbury, (N? CT?)." Despi

[CIVIL WAR]. Half plate tintype showing Company D, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.  Half plate hand-colored tintype (some darkening at perimeter). Inscription on green paper housed with plate rea

Extremely rare and desirable subject.

Conserved by Casey Allen Waters, Exeter NH in July 2008 with notes on seal verso.

Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of Naval Surgeon Lewis Willis Minor, USN and CSNDr. Minor is shown here in the 1850s, seated in his full dress uniform consisting of a double-breasted frock coat boasting t

[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate daguerreotype of Confederate Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson as a Lieutenant in the 5th US Infantry. Ca 1846. Quarter plate daguerreotype. (Minor edge tarnish, few

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Three-quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of a Scottish junior officer, possibly from the 92nd Gordon Highlanders. Ca 1850. 4 15/16 x 6 in. daguerreotype portrait of a British ju

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. REES, Charles Richard (1825-1914), photographer. Ninth plate daguerreotypes featuring John W. Draper and his wife. New York, New York.  Ninth plate daguerreotypes of John W.

Lappet design to frieze, scroll foot. Dimensions: 13 H x 33.5 L x 14 D Property from the Pennell Estate, '4 Winds' in Washington, CT; a family who traces their history in Washington back to the 1930s.