VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS

Richard Dykes Alexander, Ann Alexander, William Dillwyn Sims and his daughter, Lydia, circa 1850 - early 1860s

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VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
Richard Dykes Alexander, Ann Alexander, William Dillwyn Sims and his daughter, Lydia, circa 1850 - early 1860s
Four daguerreotypes, two sixth-plate and two ninth-plate, one of the two larger examples hand-tinted, gilt mounts, one arched top, the two smaller ones in Wharton cases with floral decoration, folding leather cases; and one stereoscopic ambrotype, gilt-edged black glass surround, paper-taped (re-taped). (5)

来源

Charles Lewis May, great-grandson of Edward Curtis May, sold at auction, sotheby's London, 28 June 1978. a family tree showing the relationship between the Alexander, Llewelyn and May families was published in this catalogue.

拍品专文

Single daguerreotype portraits of Richard Dykes Alexander, his wife, Ann and his nephew, William, a double daguerreotype portrait of Richard and Ann Dykes Alexander and a stereoscopic ambrotype portrait of William Dillwyn Sims and his daughter, Lydia.