Lot 3

Lot 3

Stunning sixth-plate Boston daguerreotype of a perfectly posed girl. She wears a sweet pleated plaid dress with lace highlights under her sleeves. A cool small bar pin is seen on her lace collar and there is a small photo locket around her neck. Her dark wavy hair is accented by a bow in the back. This sharp image is wonderful in detail and has beautiful tones and contrast. It is certainly by one of the Boston masters as the technique is fabulous -the image has a resilvered back along with being housed in a black pushbutton case. It has been resealed in the past and the case has a supporting pneumatic repair on the hinge over the brass hinges.