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(VICTORIANA)
Sixth-plate daguerreotype of a gentleman
posing with a skull * Artfully hand-tinted
half-plate daguerreotype portrait of a
couple, the man is posing with a crutch.
Together, 2 images in contemporary seals; in
a leather and mother-of-pearl case (the latter
defective). Circa 1850
[800/1,200]
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(GOLD MINING)
Half-plate daguerreotype of a gold mining
scene depicting laborers with sluices.
In contemporary seals and a leather case.
Circa 1849
[1,400/1,800]
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