10th Oct, 2023 10:00

Photographica & Cameras Auction

 
  Lot 94
 

94

A mid-19th Century Double Portrait Pair of Quarter-Plate Ambrotypes of a Couple

Sold for £50
Estimated at £40 - £60


 
A mid-19th Century Double Portrait Pair of Quarter-Plate Ambrotypes of a Couple, with coloured and gilt highlights, in Peck geometric Union case, one leaf with manuscript inscription 'Photographed by Edw Webbe, Hobson St, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec 31st 1861' (Edward Francis Webbe listed as dying in 1889 aged 75), G; with early hand-painted magic lantern slide 'Loch Leven, Scotland'; silver print snapshot albums relating to Studley Agricultural College for ladies, circa 1930 (2); and other items