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THBThree Postmortem Daguerreotypes Believed to Be of Same Young Boy
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With offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Denver, Cowan’s holds over 40 auctions each year, with annual sales exceeding $16M. We reach buyers around the globe, and take pride in our reputation for integrity, customer service and great results. A full-service house, Cowan’s Auctions specializes in Am...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Lot of 3 postmortem daguerreotypes possibly featuring the same young male subject, including a quarter plate close-up image of the boy's head resting on a pillow with flowers, showing his chapped lips, housed in full pressed paper case with E. Long, St. Louis imprint on velvet pad; a quarter plate image with full view of the boy's body resting on a table, having flowers placed in his hands atop his stomach and others strewn in front of his body, housed in full leather case with E. Long, St. Louis imprint on velvet pad; and a sixth plate tinted image showing (possibly the same) young boy in a blue shirt with flowers placed over his hands on his chest and an ornate wooden couch back or headboard visible above him, housed in full pressed paper case with Fitzgibbon, St. Louis imprint on velvet pad.
Provenance: Charles A. and Frances Swedlund Collection of Early PhotographyImages in varying conditions; the first with discoloration around edges, the second and third with spotting; mats with some discoloration; cases with wear to edges and corners.Condition
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