Two 1/6 plate images, of a married couple:
Image #1: Daguerreotype, taken circa 1847, of Eleanor Catherine Harrison Ackerman (1807-1880) with braided hair, wearing an unusual necklace that almost looks like it's made of fabric ....possibly mourning related. Eleanor was married to George Warner Ackerman, an engraver and printer, and she was the daughter of Charles Peter Harrison, a well-known engraver and copper-plate printer. Eleanor and George lived in New York City.
Her dark dress and that strange necklace makes me wonder if she was dressed in partial mourning for her mother, Elizabeth, who died in New York in December of 1846.
This dag is in a full case, with Plumbe's basket of flowers design on the covers. Case is nice, intact and complete with no repairs and only light leather wear. The dag has some tarnish spots and a tarnish ring, but no swipe or scratch damage. Under magnification I see a few pinprick green corrosion spots on the right side next to her shoulder. It's been resealed with archival tape with a lot of older seal bits inside behind the image.
Image #2: Ambrotype, mid-1850s, of Eleanor's husband George (1806-1863), with period identifying note. Inside of the case somebody has written, "Annie's hair".. it looks like this case originally head a lock of hair probably from their daughter Armenia "Annie", who died in 1851. Behind mat and cover glass in full, leather case. Very good antique condition.
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