Description
UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER
Quarter-plate daguerreotype of three young ladies affectionately posing; with delicate pink hand-tinting in their cheeks and shoulders; in a leather case, separated at hinge; resealed. Circa 1853
Acquired from a Boston-area descendant via the Los Angeles agent Karmiole in 1997.
The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940, 15.