Richard Beard (1801-1885) attr.

Richard Beard (1801-1885) attr.

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, ca.1840s, a sixth plate lightly hand-tinted daguerreotype of a young man, with hand drawn, gilt and paper mat with oval aperture, and Beard Patentee green sealing label on the verso: Beard's Patent Photographic Portraits taken at 85, King William Street City. 34, Parliament Street Westminster, and Royal Polytechnic Institution. 309, Regent Street also at 34, Church Street, Liverpool. with pencil attribution verso to the sitter 'Alfred Ebenezer Pugh (Uncle Alfred)' in lower margin and thick glass covering, cleaned and resealed, some light foxing to mount