Size
Date
Country
Artist
Sitter
Case
Mark

1/6
ca 1843
France
Unknown
Anton family
Calvanized case holds 6 plates
30 Star A / 30 Cross

Notes

Six plates with two different sets of hallmarks. The same backdrop was used in five of them. They show a man sitting cross legged, a woman with a child on her lap, another woman wearing an apron and an acorn dress. A boy with a basket of chopped wood, another boy possibly holding the same basket, and two boys in blue coats holding a flutina (an early French precursor of the diatonic button accordeon) with presumably their father behind them.

The custom made case is signed "A" on the bottom. The plates are hallmarked "A". It's possible there were also boxes marked B and C holding plates of B and C quality.

Inside was a note left by the previous buyer, a lawyer from Amsterdam, who wrote:

"Gekocht fotover(zame)ling Chartres 7 maart 1993. Ffr 2000 + 12% f750.

Omschrijving catalogus: Provenance de l'atelier d'un photographi Beanceron.

Boite en tole galvanisee a rainures evenant.

Daguerreotypes non montes: portraits de famille Anton de 80x70 circa 1850 1/1200

(met afbeelding man + 2 kinderen)"

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Bought a photocollection in Chartres (place in France) on March 7th 1993. For 2000 Francs + 12%, or 750 guilder.

Catalog description: originates from the studio of a Beanceron photographer (Beance is a place in France. It's also possible Beanceron is the name of the photographer instead of the place.)

Galvanized steel box with even grooves.

Unmounted daguerreotypes: portraits of the Anton (or Antoni) family , 80x70mm, circa 1850.

The text in the catalog is accompanied by a picture of the man and 2 children.