Rare HALF PLATE Daguerreotype of a Painting! By New York Photographer Prudhomme memorial Shipping: Well-packed First Class Mailer

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These traits qualified her as both a midget and a Fat Lady

having been trimmed on the side

my scan reflects what this image looks like in my current lighting

Rare HALF PLATE Daguerreotype of a Painting! By New York Photographer Prudhomme memorial Shipping: Well-packed First Class MailerVery nice half plate early 1850s daguerreotype of a painting of a little girl holding flowers. The way she is holding the flowers, pointing downward, very possibly means that this was a memorial painting of her. The mat is stamped J. F. E. Prudhomme (John Francis Eugene), 663 Broadway (New York City). Interestingly, he shared this address with the New York Academy of Design, the New York Athenaeum and the New York Gallery of Fine Arts.. this painting