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Lot 1162

Psaligraphic Album with Edouart Daguerreotype

Estimate: $500 - $700

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(American, 19th century)

George Schmidt (New York) album of albumen silver prints of paper silhouettes, published by Charles Becker, New York, circa 1963, 12 pages with 24 silhouettes, 4-1/2 x 6 in., [wear to binding, scattered foxing and stains to silhouettes]; August Edouart (French, 1789-1861), sixth plate daguerreotype of a cut silhouette of five member family, fabric lining, leather embossed case, 3-1/4 x 3-3/4 in., [wear to case, interior fabric loose]

Note:

similar George Schmidt album in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Accession No. 50.602.1450