Quarter Plate Daguerreotype -Young Man c 1840-50

Antiques : Photography : Daguerreotype : Gutta-percha

 

This Quarter Plate Daguerreotype image of a fashionable young man is a fantastic image. His hair is perfect, his tie has a stickpin and he wears a kerchief in his breast pocket.

The 4 1/8" x 3 1/8" image is in a gutta-percha (developed in 1842) case manufactured by S. Peck & Co. The original paper lining behind the picture is still there and tells of the manufacturer Peck and that it is a genuine Union Case improved with fine quilt & burnished hinges. In good condition the right corner of both sides has flea bites and one chip inside of front that is about 1/8 " and does not stand out or change the beauty of this great peace.

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Item ID: Romans828.921