Daguerreian Unknown c.1850s

Daguerreian Unknown c.1850s

PORTRAIT OF A SEAMAN, c.1850s, hand coloured sixth plate, oval daguerreotype of a gentleman, with colour applied to background and gilt accents of buttons and cap, some tarnishing to peripheries and scratches in upper left of image, housed in a slightly warped, unmarked morocco case with push button side hinge