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JESSEWHITEHURST (1819/20-1875)
A trio of elegant daguerreotypes of children.
Comprising 2 delicately-tinted half-plate variant
portraits of a brother and sister, and a quarter-
plate of a child (attributed toWhitehurst) in an
off-the-shoulder dress holding a riding crop; in
contemporary seals and leather cases, separated
at hinges. 1850s
[1,000/1,500]
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(MARITIME)
Whole-plate ambrotype portrait of a dapper
figure, purportedly Capt. George W. Dodge
(1830- ?), master of the whaling bark
Superior
(New Bedford, Massachusetts).
Dodge is holding a sextant, with a telescope on
the table adjacent to him; beautifully hand-
tinted; the image measuring 8
1
/
2
x6
3
/
4
inches
(21.6x17.1 cm.); the elaborate Victorian frame
13x11
1
/
2
inches (33x29.2 cm.). 1856
[1,500/2,500]
According to a contemporary exhibition label on the obverse of the frame, Dodge was formerly an
officer on the whaler
Gay Head,
and later became a businessman in Manchester, New Hampshire.
This image is attributed to Charles Hawes, whose studio was located in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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