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Unidentified photographer (American)
View of a Town
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
4 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins (10.8 x 14.0 cm)
Heritage Auctions
13 November 2015, Lot: 74060
LL/62615
This same daguerreotype is illustrated on page 116 of The American Daguerreotype by Floyd & Marion Rinhart where it is captioned:
'Unknown town, ca. 1853. Half-size daguerreotype. Artist unknown. This scene probably depicts a typical American Industrial town of the 1850s. The clouds have been hand-painted for realistic effect. Most daguerreotype scenes did not record cloud formations except under peculiar atmospheric conditions. Courtesy of Norman Mintz.'
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