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Group of 5 British and American
vocational studies.
With a quarter-plate ambrotype of an artist
identified as John Harrison; 3 sixth-plate
ambrotypes, including a fireman, a carpenter,
and a blacksmith; and a sixth-plate gilt-
highlighted daguerreotype of a messenger
(with an ambro of a woman in the same case);
3 in leather cases. 1850s-60s
[1,200/1,800]
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Pair of daguerreotypes, comprising an
artfully tinted quarter-plate of a bearded
officer, which is attributed to Grant of
New York, and a beautifully gilted half-
plate of an officer posing with a sabre.
In leather cases (the first separated at hinge).
Circa 1848
[2,500/3,500]
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Group of 5 ambrotypes, including butchers, a stove salesman, and more.
Comprising 3 half-plates, including a study of two butchers, a stove salesman in his wagon, and a
cemetery scene; a quarter-plate of a man with a snuff box; and a ninth-plate of a man holding a
cased image; 3 in leather cases. 1850s
[1,500/2,500]
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