Anonymous American Photographer, Possibly Mary Ann Jube

sixth-plate daguerreotype, with a modern seal, cased, 'Jube, Art., 83 Bowery' typed in gold on a small black label, circa 1853

Acquired from Elliott Healy, Wiscasset, 1987

Stanley B. Burns, Mirror Mirror: The Burns Collection Daguerreotypes (New York: The Burns Archive Press, 2012), unpaginated introduction

The handsome sitter in this sixth-plate daguerreotype has clear, piercing eyes. The details of his three-piece suit, satin necktie, and the tools on the table are well-defined. Upon close inspection, there are 2 pin-point-sized black spots, one directly above the sitter's head and one near the upper edge of the mat. There is an extremely minor ring of exceptionally faint tarnish at the edges of the oval mat. When examined in raking light, there are two very small isolated areas of faint scratches near the upper edge. There are very few tiny white accretions near the right edge. As is visible in the catalogue illustration, there is a small milky spot with a faint rust-colored halo near the lower edge. The case is in generally very good condition, with minimal rubbing to the covers. The spine appears to have been reinforced.
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