$240
Half-plate and Sixth-plate Daguerreotypes of a Painted Portrait and Portrait of a Girl, both subjects identified on a note inscribed in the same hand "Isabella H. Dana born 1847," the half-plate depicting a painted vignette portrait of a young girl, the sixth-plate depicting the same girl a few years older, in pressed-paper/leather cases. Note: Isabella Hazen Dana was the fourth child of Dr. Francis Dana, Jr. (1806-1872) and Isabella (Hazen White), born on February 9, 1847, in Boston. Her great-grandfather was Francis Dana (1743-1811), a Massachusetts revolutionary leader, Continental congressman, unofficial United States minister to the Russia of Catherine the Great, and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-05-23
