Broadway Daguerreians, New York c.1850s
Two Ninth Plate Daguerreotype Portraits

Matthew Brady (1823-1896)

Portrait of a Young Gentleman, c.1853 onwards, very lightly tinted ninth plate head and shoulders portrait daguerreotype, in a thin brass matt with oval aperture, housed in a side hinged, push button case with elaborate decorating and gilt accents, Photographers credit and address (352 Broadway) impressed into velvet pad internally, lid detached but present

Silas A. Holmes (1820-1886)

Portrait of a Young Girl c.1850s, monochromatic daguerreotype portrait of a young girl in a white dress with a hat on, posed with a conch on the table next to her, with thin brass matt, photographers credit and address stamped recto, housed in a red morroco side hinged, single clasp