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Lot 16: (CASED IMAGES) mayall, john jabez edwin

Est: $2,500 USD - $3,500 USD
Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USApril 15, 2002

Item Overview

Description

Elegant quarter-plate daguerreotype portrait of a beautiful young woman in a flowered dress holding a shawl and tall, ribboned bonnet; with an arch-topped mat and in a full leather case with Mayall's credit gilt-stamped on verso. Late 1840s

Artist or Maker

Notes

J. E. Mayall began his career in Philadelphia where he ran a daguerreotype studio and lectured in chemistry. In 1846, he relocated to London where he opened the American Daguerreotype Institution. He quickly became known for his stunning portraits and he photographed many notables, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre among them.

Auction Details

19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS

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Swann Auction Galleries
April 15, 2002, 12:00 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US