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JEREMIAH GURNEY (1812-1895)
A lightly-tinted half-plate daguerreotype portrait of a woman in a lace trimmed off-
the-shoulder dress.
With Gurney’s stamped credit on the mat; contemporary seals; in a leather case (separated at hinge).
Circa 1855
[1,200/1,800]
WITH—
Trio of half-plate daguerreotype portraits.
Comprising a young gent, 3 brothers, and a couple;
the first in its original seals; each in leather cases. 1850s.
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(AMERICAN MILITARY)
Half-plate daguerreotype of Roland G. Usher (1823-1895).
With a handwritten period note laid in indicating that the image was made when he was “first
commissioned in the Massachusetts regiment;” in a leather case. Circa 1850
[1,000/1,500]
Usher went on to have a political career in Massachusetts, where he served as the 11th Mayor of Lynn.
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