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DAGUERREOTYPIST UNKNOWN, possibly JAMES BEARD (1801-1885)
Lot 330

DAGUERREOTYPIST UNKNOWN, possibly JAMES BEARD (1801-1885)

(Self?) Portrait of a man in military costume, c. 1840

Closed7 October 2010

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USD 3,500

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DAGUERREOTYPIST UNKNOWN, possibly JAMES BEARD (1801-1885)
(Self?) Portrait of a man in military costume, c. 1840
quarter-plate daguerreotype
4¼ x 3¼in. (10.8 x 8.2cm.)

Specialist note

This striking image may be a self portrait by Richard Beard, who opened the first photography studio in England in 1841.