Bidspirit auction | Daguerreotype Photograph Portrait of Family

Daguerreotype Photograph Portrait of Family - Horizontal Daguerreotype photograph depicting the portrait of a young family. With hand-painted gold highlights to their jewelry. Housed under glass within a gilt metal frame in a stamped leather and wood case lined with red velvet. Provenance: Property from the distinguished collection of Mr. James Lee Soffer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Height: 3 3/4 in x width: 4 3/4 in x depth: 1/2 in. Condition: Discoloration along the edges of the photograph. Some spots of discoloration throughout. Areas of discoloration to the metal. Wear and small losses to the case as expected with age.