Daguerreotype of a young woman in a tartan dress, with hands clasped. New York, 1852-55.

A$650 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 80 x 70 mm (sight); in an oval brass mat stamped ANSON 589 / BROADWAY ; ormolu preserver; housed in a leather case with geometric design (separated along the spine); a striking daguerreotype in fine condition. The sitter appears to be the same young woman from the Adams family who appears in mourning dress in another Rufus Anson daguerreotype we have listed (#43391).

• Binding: Hardcover

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