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Daguerreotype
D034

Size
Date
Country
Artist
Sitter
Case
Colour
Mark

1/6
ca 1856
Memphis, Tenn, USA
D. J. Wedge, possibly
Unknown
Full case
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(HB) eagle 40

 

2 copies of daguerreotypes.
In the woman's photograph, the frame is visible in the left upper corner.
There's an anchor on the table cloth beside her. She's wearing glasses.

Signed "D. J. W.", a possible match could be "D. J. Wedge", a photographer
who was active on 180 Main Street, in Memphis, Tenn.

 

 

Photographer's notes:

"No 84, Ink dry
B. W. 13 + 16
taken in one hand
light ..."

"No 83, Ink B. W.
13 + 16
taken in both ha-
nds, vig
... dark"

D. J. W.