[Daguerreotype] Husband and Wife. Deacon and Mrs. Runnell C. Benson. Circa 1855

$800 · Offered by Between the Covers

Unbound. Sixth plate daguerreotype. Image size approximately 3" x 3.5". Matted with preserver in one half only of the original embossed leather case. Professionally cleaned and resealed, the image is very good or better. Subjects identified (albeit lightly) in pencil in the case, and with a penciled note confirming the..... More

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