J. Barboni & Fils (act.1846-1866)

PORTRAIT OF A SEATED YOUNG GENTLEMAN WITH A CANE. c.1850. Quarter plate monochromatic daguerreotype, in European bevelled gilt mount, with a beautifully intact photographer's paper label verso. Together with a collection of 18th & 19th century manuscripts relating to the Van Baerle family, their ancestry, a Death Certificate, various preparatory manuscripts for a book and other family papers.