Los 4035

Daguerreotypes
Portrait of two women

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Photographer: Philipp Graff (1813-1851). Portrait of two women. Circa 1845. Sixth-plate daguerreotype, with ornamental gilt and red velvet frame, mounted under glass, photographer's label, "P. Graff. Mechaniker, Optiker u. Daguerreotypist, Jerusalemerstr. No. 18" on the verso, in matching silk and velvet lined, gilt embossed leather case (some scratch/scuff marks, faded).

Julius Philipp Graff was a German entrepreneur, mechanic, optician and daguerreotypist. He made a name for himself as one of the most important Berlin portraitists and ran his photographic studio at Jerusalemer Straße 18 in Berlin. As early as 1843, he advertised his business with various labels. – Some oxidation around edges, a few small spots on plate, otherwise in good condition.