Richard Beard (1801-1885), attr.

Richard Beard (1801-1885), attr.

EARLY PORTRAITS OF YOUNG MEN, ca.1840s, hand-coloured ninth plate daguerreotypes, comprising a half-length portrait young man in a blue suit and a three-quarter portrait of a young boy seated next to a table, holding a book in hands; housed in Richard Beard patentee ebonized wall hanging frames with plain arched top brass mats to plates, Beard Patentee stamp on the top brass decorations.