Richard Beard (1801-1885)

PORTRAITS OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN, c.1841-1852, hand coloured quarter plate daguerreotypes (2), in plain brass mounts, some spotting and haze present on the plates surface and glass housing, both daguerreotypes would benefit from professional cleaning and resealing, in plain brass mounts, with a dark green morocco, side hinged case, stamped on the rear with Beard's Photographic Institutions gilt embossed emblem