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Lot 118 - Antique 1/9th Plate Ambrotype Photograph, Uncased, Portrait Of A Young Woman In Plaid Dress With White Collar, Photographed At Geo. L. Brakenridge's Ambrotype & Photograph Saloon, Ware, Massachusetts, Note Cracked Image Plate
Lot 118 - Antique 1/9th Plate Ambrotype Photograph, Uncased, Portrait Of A Young Woman In Plaid Dress With White Collar, Photographed At Geo. L. Brakenridge's Ambrotype & Photograph Saloon, Ware, Massachusetts, Note Cracked Image Plate
Lot 118 - Antique 1/9th Plate Ambrotype Photograph, Uncased, Portrait Of A Young Woman In Plaid Dress With White Collar, Photographed At Geo. L. Brakenridge's Ambrotype & Photograph Saloon, Ware, Massachusetts, Note Cracked Image Plate
An antique 1/9th plate uncased ambrotype photograph depicting a young woman with center-parted dark hair and visible freckles, wearing a plaid dress with a white collar and buttons down the front, her hands folded at the waist. The image is framed in an oval brass mat with a floral corner and scrollwork embossed border, retained within a gilt preserver. The reverse bears an orange printed photographer's label reading "From Geo. L. Brakenridge's Ambrotype & Photograph Saloon, No. 2 Demond's Block, Main St., Ware, Mass." The preserver is held with a wire clip.
Photographed by Geo. L. Brakenridge, Ware, Massachusetts.
Condition includes multiple cracks to across the image plate, surface scratches and abrasion to the ambrotype, and wear and tarnishing to the brass mat and preserver.
Auction Date: 02/26/2026
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