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SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER
SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER
SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER
SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER
SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER
SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER
SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER

SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER

$ 660.0

  • Antique: Yes
  • Autograph Format: STAMPED ON THE MAT
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Date of Creation: 1850's
  • Featured Person/Artist: WILLIAM SOUTHGATE PORTER
  • Features: Union Case
  • Format: SIXTH PLATE
  • Image Color: Black & White
  • Image Orientation: Portrait
  • Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
  • Material: Glass, Leather, Metal
  • Number of Photographs: ONE
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Photo Type: Daguerreotype
  • Photographer: WILLIAM SOUTHGATE PORTER
  • Production Technique: Daguerreotype
  • Region of Origin: US
  • Seller Notes: “Please view all my listing photos and read the condition report. Thank you”
  • Signed: No
  • Size: 1/6 PLATE
  • Style: PORTRAITURE
  • Subject: Post Mortem
  • Theme: Portrait
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1850-1899
  • Type: Photograph
  • Unit of Sale: Single Piece
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Year of Production: 1850'S

Description

SUPER RARE 1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE - POST MORTEM BY FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN WS PORTER IN NICE CASE WITH ORIGINAL HINGE - You are considering a super rare sixth plate taken by one of the legendary early American daguerreian's, Mr. William Southgate Porter. His career spanned the early 1840's to late 1850's working in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and in Cinninnati where this wonderful Post Mortem image was created. The mat is stamped with W.S. Porter and 4th & Vine in Cinninnati. Images by Porter are extremely difficult to find today, in fact this is the very first one I have encountered in my more than dozen years as a collector. The image has some wonderful hand tinting applied to the flowers held by the fallen child. Artfully composed, you will be hard pressed to find a nicer overall memorial portrait of a young boy. The image is perfectly held in a case with a floral urn pattern pressed into both side of the leather housing and still retains the original hinge. I wish all my clientele good luck in winning this Post Mortem sixth plate by a legendary operator. CONDITION : Please view my detailed photos for the actual condition of the image and as part of my description. The sixth plate has been resealed with P90 archival tape and fitted with a new sheet of glass. The sixth plate has superb contrast, beautiful tonal range, excellent selective sharpness and wonderful hand tinting. The plate has two small areas where the plate has exfoliated; one by the flowers & the other at 6 o'clock on the bed. The case as I mentioned above retains the original hinge, a golden velvet pillow and the single working latch system. Overall, a rare and spectacular Post Mortem a noted artist in photography history. I will ship this item to the winning bidder carefully packaged by Priority Mail. Please feel free to view my other items I have listed in my EBAY STORE! See "ABOUT ME"; click the "me" icon next to my Ebay ID nic-o-matic for more information regarding my new website of 19th Century Photographic imagery I have for sale. United States bidders only please! Foreign bidders may request approval to bid several days in advance prior to the end of my auctions and must agree to my foreign sales terms! I am proud to have been a member of the Ebay community since 2001. Please note my 100% positive feedback record and please bid with confidence. Please ask all questions prior to bidding. I truly strive to make your EBAY experience an enjoyable one.