Anonymous American Photographer

quarter-plate daguerreotype, cased, late 1840s

Acquired from Ken Appollo, Rhinecliff, 1976, Joseph Buberger as agent

Stanley B. Burns, Mirror Mirror: The Burns Collection Daguerreotypes (New York: The Burns Archive Press, 2012), pl. 2

This quarter-plate daguerreotype is generally very clean. There is minor, uneven tarnish at the edges along the window of the mat. Upon close inspection, there are tiny transparent spots, possibly on the glass. The case is intact, but splitting along the spine and worn at the edges. One hook is lacking.
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