24th May, 2023 12:00
Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books
A Collection of 4 Daguerreotype Portraits
comprising of a quarter plate portrait of a man and woman in a frame but no case, a 90mm x 65mm portrait of a young boy and older man with no case, a 90mm x 65mm family portrait, labeled to the rear 'Taken 26th December 1851' with a hanging loop, an oval half length portrait of a woman in a dress, with a label to the rear for 'BEARD'S PATENT PROCESS FOR TAKING LIKENESSES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF NATURE INSTANTANEOUSLY, BY THE AID OF LIGHT, MESSERS COOKE & SON LICENCEES FOR TEH COUNTY OF LICOLN HULL' (x4)
Sold for £162
Result including buyers premium
comprising of a quarter plate portrait of a man and woman in a frame but no case, a 90mm x 65mm portrait of a young boy and older man with no case, a 90mm x 65mm family portrait, labeled to the rear 'Taken 26th December 1851' with a hanging loop, an oval half length portrait of a woman in a dress, with a label to the rear for 'BEARD'S PATENT PROCESS FOR TAKING LIKENESSES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF NATURE INSTANTANEOUSLY, BY THE AID OF LIGHT, MESSERS COOKE & SON LICENCEES FOR TEH COUNTY OF LICOLN HULL' (x4)
