Unknown American Daguerreian
Portrait of a Mother with her Children, c.1850

A Half Plate Monochromatic daguerreotype, with a blueish hue around the margins, showing a full-length portrait of a mother seated in the centre, with her son and daughter standing on the left and right sides, plain oval aperture brass mat, decorated brass preserver, velvet-lined, side-hinged morocco leather case, with floral decorations, missing upper case.