$1,169
Five Cased Ambrotype and Tintype Images of Telegraph Operators and Machines, c. 1860-70, including a sixth-plate ambrotype of a man seated at a table with a clockwork telegraph, mounted in an embosed leather case; a half-plate tintype of a man having light rose tinting to cheeks seated at a table with a telegraph key, mounted in an embossed leather case; a quarter-plate tintype of a man and a boy seated at a table with a clockwork telegraph, the image with light rose tinting to cheeks and gilt highlights on the telegraph, mounted in an embossed leather case; a sixth-plate tintype of two men seated at a table with telegraph key, mounted in an embossed leather case; and a ninth-plate tintype of a man seated with a telegraph key, mounted in a brown A.P. Critchlow & Co. thermoplastic case. Provenance: From the collection of Jay Gaynor.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-02-24
