Ambrotypes c.1860s
Three Ambrotype Portraits

Quarter plate Ambrotype Portrait of two men seated in discussion, one dressed smartly with fob watch and a long coat, talking to a man in rougher, more worn worker clothing, perhaps a workman, prisoner or psychiatric patient. thick card matt, oval aperture and attached to plate verso, a period newpaper cutting detailing a prisoner statement where two men got into a fight on a boat and one went missing.

Quarter plate Ambrotype portrait of three brothers, in an arched top wall hanging mount, the verso backed with a period advert for the photographic services of J. Evans; for 3 days only, printed by C.H Todd Scarborough

A Ninth plate cased Ambrotype portrait of a gentleman with hand resting on a book, with elaborately decorating thin brass matt, oval aperture and side hinged, single clasp case, lid detached