Quarter-plate daguerreotype of a husband and wife. He’s wearing a double breasted overcoat, (possibly that of a seafaring man), and posed in Napoleonic style with his hand in his jacket. She’s wearing a beautiful flower-lined bonnet, a white fur collar, and a large bow while clutching something in her gloved hands. The image is in a full leather case with a label behind the image for William Shew, Miniature Case Maker and Dealer in Daguerreotype Materials, 123 Washington Street, Boston. It has been cleaned sometime in the past. A few light mat abrasions are visible on the perimeter.

$170