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Early photographs of American Folk Art from the David A. Schorsch collection
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1.Justus Da Lee (artist, 1793-1878)
1835 (ca)
Profile portrait of a young girl

Watercolour on paper
3 x 2 1/2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Probably New York State. Red leather case with gold tooled decoration.
 
LL/58916
2.Justus Da Lee (artist, 1793-1878) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young girl

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58917
3.William Matthew Prior (artist, 1806-1873)
1845 (ca)
Baby in Blue

Oil on paper, attached to panel
23 3/4 x 17 ins
 
National Gallery of Art (NGA)
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
 
LL/58934
4.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a Young woman posed with William Matthew Prior's Baby in Blue

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Julian Wolff collection
 
LL/58918
5.Ammi Phillips (artist, 1788-1865)
1836 (ca)
Portrait of Mrs. Isaac Cox

Oil on canvas
36 x 27 ins
 
Source requested
Former collection of Hirschl & Adler Galleries
 
LL/58979
6.Ammi Phillips (artist, 1788-1865) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of Mrs. Isaac Cox

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Reddish-brown pressed paper/leather case.
The painting dates from 1836.
The original and its mate are published in John and Katherine Ebert, 1975,American Folk Painters (New York), p. 74.
 
LL/58983
7.Sheldon Peck (artist, 1797-1868)
1820 (ca)
John G. Jackson

Oil on panel
21 1/2 x 16 1/4 ins
 
American Folk Art Museum
Gift of Robert Bishop.
 
LL/59043
8.Sheldon Peck (artist, 1797-1868)
1820 (ca)
Nancy G. Jackson

Oil on panel
21 1/2 x 16 1/4 ins
 
American Folk Art Museum
Gift of Robert Bishop.
 
LL/58982
9.Sheldon Peck (artist, 1797-1868) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
John G. Jackson and Nancy G. Jackson

Ambrotypes, 1/6 plates, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (each)
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Framed together, brown molded thermoplastic Scroll “Union” case made by Holmes, Booth, and Hayden, see Clifford and Michelle Kranik with Carl Walvoord, 1988, Union Cases, A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics, (Grantsburg, WI), no. 305. The portraits are illustrated in Museum of American Folk Art, 1994, Treasures of American Folk Art, (New York), pp. 28-29.
 
LL/58966
10.Lucy Prouty (artist)
1855 (ca)
Garden of Paradise

Black and white chalk on paper
26 1/4 x 19 1/2 ins
 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800-1875
 
LL/58943
11.Lucy Prouty (artist) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Garden of Paradise

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Julian Wolff collection
 
LL/58944
12.Unidentified artist
1840 (ca)
The Ferrell children of North Carolina

Oil on canvas
65 1/4 x 45 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58975
13.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
The Ferrell children of North Carolina

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Julian Wolff collection
 
LL/58922
14.Mr. Willson (artist)
1830 (ca)
Portrait of Deacon John Searle, Hill, New Hampshire

Watercolour, on paper, period gilt frame
21 x 17 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Rex Stark
 
LL/58936
15.Mr. Willson (artist)
1830 (ca)
Portrait of Deacon John Searle, Hill, New Hampshire

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58938
16.Mr. Willson (artist) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of Deacon John Searle

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
This ambrotype is a copy of a daguerreotype copy of a watercolour original.
 
LL/58980
17.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portraits of a woman and her three children holding a miniature portrait by Rufus Porter (1792-1884)

Daguerreotypes, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (each)
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Dennis Waters
 
LL/58937
18.Mrs. Moses B. Russell, née Clarissa Peters (miniature painter, 1809-1854)
1840 (ca)
Portrait of a little girl in white dress, probably Massachusetts

Watercolour on ivory / Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, tinted, double-sided case
3 1/3 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Half reddish brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58939
19.Ralph Earl (artist)
1792
Mary Wright Alsop (Mrs. Richard Alsop)

Oil on canvas
45 5/8 x 36 1/8 ins (115.9 x 91.8 cm)
 
American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Museum purchase and gift of Joseph Alsop, 1975.49.1
 
LL/59047
20.Ralph Earl (artist, (1751-1801) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of Mary Wright Alsop (Mrs. Richard Alsop), 1792

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59040
21.Joseph H. Davis (artist, 1811-1865) / Unidentified photographer
1835 (ca)
Portrait of a woman in a painted chair

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Rod MacKenzie collection
 
LL/58919
22.Prior-Hamblin School (artist) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Seated baby

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Kim Iocovassi
 
Published: Merry A. Foresta & John Wood, 1995, Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype, (National Museum of American Art)
 
LL/58920
23.Joseph Goodue Chandler (artist, 1813-1884) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Boy with fishing pole

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58921
24.John James Trumbull Arnold (artist, 1812-1865) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman holding a quill pen

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1013
 
Reddish brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58923
25.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile of a woman / Gentleman holding profile of woman

Daguerreotypes, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (each)
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Julian Wolff collection
 
LL/58924
26.Mr. Boyd (artist) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile of young woman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58928
27.Samuel A. Shute (1803-1836) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Young woman wearing a bonnet

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Julian Wolff collection
 
LL/58931
28.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a seated child within interior with portrait hanging on the rear wall

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Reddish-brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58932
29.Rufus Porter
n.d.
Profile portrait of a gentleman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1003
 
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
Rufus Porter (artist, 1792-1884)
 
LL/58945
30.Ira C. Goodell (artist, 1800-1875) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Pair of portraits of boys [Possibly the Griswold brothers of Spencertown, Massachusetts]

Daguerreotypes, 1/6 plate, each
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1004
 
Framed together, reddish-brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58946
31.Joseph H. Davis (artist, 1811-1865)
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young woman

Tintype, 1/9 plate
2 1/2 x 2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1005
 
Pressed black paper/leather case.
Provenance: Ralph Esmerian collection
 
LL/58947
32.Erastus Salisbury Field (artist, 1805-1900)
n.d.
Field portrait of a mother holding a baby

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1006
 
Reddish pressed and gold tooled leather case
Provenance: Gifted by Joel Kopp
 
LL/58948
33.Ammi Phillips (artist, 1788-1865)
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman

Tintype, 1/9 plate
2 1/2 x 2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1009
 
Mother of pearl inlaid black papier mache book-shaped case.
 
The original portrait is from ca. 1810.
 
LL/58951
34.Mr. Boyd (artist)
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young man

Tintype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1011
 
Black pressed paper/leather case with gold tooling.
 
LL/58953
35.Ruth W. Shute (artist, 1803-1883)
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman

Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, hand-tinted
2 1/2 x 2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Collection id: DAG1012
 
Brown molded thermoplastic Scroll “Union” case made by Peck and Halvorson, see Clifford and Michelle Kranik with Carl Walvoord, Union Cases, A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics (Grantsburg, WI, 1988) no. 490.
Provenance: Dennis Waters
 
LL/58954
36.William Matthew Prior (artist, 1806-1873) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a little girl

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Black molded thermoplastic frame.
 
LL/58963
37.Jane Anthony Davis (artist, 1821-1855) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young girl in a pink dress

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown molded paper/leather case.
 
LL/58964
38.John Brewster, Jr. (artist, 1766-1854) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of an elderly gentleman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58965
39.Joseph H. Davis (artist, 1811-1865) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young woman

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Light brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
Provenance: Raymond and Susan Egan collection
 
LL/58967
40.Ethan Allen Greenwood (artist, 1779-1856) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a gentleman with engraved plaque identifying him as "Dr. F. C. Shattuck"

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown molded thermoplastic Geometric/Scroll “Union” case made by A. P. Critchlow and Company, see Clifford and Michelle Kranik with Carl Walvoord, 1988, Union Cases, A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics, (Grantsburg, WI), no. 220.
 
Provenance: Jack Naylor collection
 
LL/58968
41.Justus Da Lee (artist, 1793-1878) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a woman in a bonnet identified as Abigail Camp (1771-1854)

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58969
42.Erastus Salisbury Field (artist, 1805-1900) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young man

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
Provenance: Casey Waters
 
LL/58970
43.Mrs. Moses B. Russell, née Clarissa Peters (miniature painter, 1809-1854) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a beautiful young woman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58971
44.Rufus Porter
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young man

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Reddish brown pressed leather case.
 
Rufus Porter (artist, 1792-1884) / Unidentified photographer
 
LL/58972
45.Micah Williams (artist, 1782-1837) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman (said to be a member of the Voorhees/Conover family)

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
This daguerreotype is a pair with LL/58974
 
LL/58973
46.Micah Williams (artist, 1782-1837) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a lady (said to be a member of the Voorhees/Conover family)

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
This daguerreotype is a pair with LL/58973
 
LL/58974
47.James H. Gillespie (artist, 1793-after 1848) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young woman seated in a Windsor side chair

Photograph on paper, in oval, pewter colored painted wooden molded frame
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58976
48.Justus Da Lee (artist, 1793-1878) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman

Carte de visite, original reeded mahogany folk art frame
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58978
49.Joseph Whiting Stock (artist, 1815-1855) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman with a beard

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Red pressed paper/leather case.
 
Provenance: Julian Wolff collection
 
LL/58981
50.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a man wearing a hat

Watercolour on paper / Tintype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (each)
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Framed together, black molded thermoplastic Spray of Strawberries and grapes “Union” case made by S. Peck and Company, see Clifford and Michelle Kranik with Carl Walvoord, 1988, Union Cases, A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics, (Grantsburg, WI), no. 176.
 
LL/58984
51.John Brewster, Jr. (artist, 1766-1854) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a sea captain holding a telescope

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Red pressed leather.
 
LL/58985
52.Susan C. Waters (artist, 1823-1900) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a woman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58986
53.Philip Spooner Harris (artist, 1824-1884) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young man

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Dark brown molded thermoplastic The Calmady Children “Union” case, die engraver Hiram W. Hayden, made by S. Peck and Company, see Clifford and Michelle Kranik with Carl Walvoord, 1988, Union Cases, A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics, (Grantsburg, WI, 1988), no. 129.
 
The original portrait, along with its mate is in a private collection.
 
LL/58987
54.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young man

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58988
55.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a man and woman within a furnished interior

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
Provenance: S. Scott Powers
 
LL/58989
56.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman wearing a blue dress

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed leather case.
 
Provenance: Joel Kopp, America Hurrah
 
LL/58990
57.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a child in a checked dress with dog

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Light reddish brown pressed paper/leather case
 
LL/58991
58.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young man posed against drapery

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Tan pressed fabric covered book-shaped case, spine gold stamped “The Token”
 
Provenance: Wes Cowan
 
LL/58992
59.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman wearing a large bangle earring

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Reddish-brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58993
60.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58994
61.John Paradise (artist, 1783-1833) (uncertain) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
Provenance: Julian Wolff collection
 
LL/58995
62.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young lady

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case. - Pair with LL/58997.
 
LL/58996
63.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case. - Pair with LL/58996.
 
LL/58997
64.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young girl

Ambrotype, 1/9 plate
2 1/2 x 2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/58998
65.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a mother, a boy and a girl

Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Half brown pressed leather case.
 
LL/58999
66.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman holding a flute within a furnished interior

Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
Together with a trade card for J. D. Larrabeee, Boehm Flute Manufacturer, New York

 
Original painting done in New York City.
 
LL/59000
67.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gentleman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Black pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59001
68.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a lady wearing a bonnet

Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown leather box shaped locking case.
 
LL/59002
69.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young girl with blue shawl

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59003
70.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Double profile portrait of a facing young gentleman and lady

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Dark brown pressed paper/leather case.
Provenance: Jack Naylor collection
 
LL/59004
71.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman wearing shawl

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59006
72.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman wearing a grayish blue dress

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Reddish-brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59007
73.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a young woman with sausage curls

Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, hand-tinted
2 1/2 x 2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Reddish-brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59008
74.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gray haired gentleman

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59009
75.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Pair of portraits of a gentleman holding a quill and lady wearing a bonnet

Daguerreotypes, 1/6 plates
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (each)
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Framed together, reddish-brown pressed paper/leather frame. These likenesses share common authorship with a pair of pastel portraits said to depict Jacob and Veronica Renninger published in The Clarion, Spring/Summer 1981.
 
Original portraits done in Reading, PA.
 
LL/59011
76.Justus Da Lee (artist, 1793-1878) / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a gentleman identified as Daniel Harvey Pratt

Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59012
77.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a woman posed on a draped chair

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Black molded thermoplastic Scroll “Union” case made by Littlefield, Parsons and Company, see Clifford and Michelle Kranik with Carl Walvoord, 1988, Union Cases, A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics, (Grantsburg, WI), no 326.
 
LL/59015
78.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Profile portrait of a baby holding a rattle

Ambrotype, 1/9 plate, tinted
2 1/2 x 2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Black pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59019
79.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a young woman with arm raised

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Black pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59041
80.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Portrait of a gray haired gentleman identified as Dr. Calvin Martin

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Dark brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59005
81.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
[Folk art]

Tintype
4 1/2 x 5 1/2 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58930
82.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Standing horse

Daguerreotype, in brooch
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Rex Stark
 
LL/58925
83.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
1851
Ship Mazatlan

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Kim Iocovassi
 
LL/58926
84.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Senator

Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
The "Senator" was a New York built side wheel steamboat that carried eastern gold prospectors to California in 1850.
 
LL/58935
85.Unidentified artist, maker / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
"Brookline" locomotive weathervane

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Rod MacKenzie collection
 
LL/59048
86.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
1838 (ca)
A landscape memorial to Mary Perkins Dorr and her daughter Mary Lucretia Dorr

Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
The unidentified photographer used a reversing prism or mirror to create a positive image with readable inscriptions on the tomb.
 
Provenance: Dennis Waters
 
LL/58929
87.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Scenes from New Hampshire

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Greg French collection
 
LL/58927
88.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Landscape with village

Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Provenance: Greg French
 
LL/59113
89.Unidentified artist / Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Group of daguerreotype portraits and hollow-cut silhouette framed together in a single frame

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
Brown pressed paper/leather case.
 
LL/59010
90.Ammi Phillips (artist, 1788-1865)
n.d.
Portrait of an elderly woman wearing a bonnet

Daguerreotype, miniature, original yellow metal and glass brooch mounting
Collection of David A. Schorsch
LL/58933
   
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