A Superb, Crystal Clear, Half-Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Cute, Three-Year-Old Girl With a Toy Dog Smallpox Inoculation History

A Superb, Crystal Clear, Half-Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Cute, Three-Year-Old Girl With a Toy Dog Smallpox Inoculation History(Early Photography: Daguerreotypes) Portrait of a Three Year Old Girl With Her Toy Dog [Mary A. Collins with her dog "Bevis"]. [No place]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1840. Half plate daguerreotype image, 5 1 2" x 4 1 4". Full length seated portrait. Housed under glass in the original full, pressed paper case measuring 5 7 8" x 4 5 8", complete with original, functional brass latching hardware. Accompanied by two historic ephemera components: an

the work reimagines Lewis Carroll’s 1865 masterpiece through a series of wearable or collectible textiles

whose Nonsense Anthology (1902) formalized the genre's canon

The original tan stiff paper wrappers are structurally sound and firmly attached by the original string binding

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 001178

but otherwise presents as a remarkably fresh

only a few copies of this series of picture books are likely to have survived

Unrestored examples that survive in this state of preservation are increasingly difficult to acquire on the private market

Winston Co

The watercolor miniature is flawless

24mo - 5-1/4" X 3-1/2"

Oblong 32mo - 3-3/8" x 5"

writing the forwards and selecting and adapting the mechanical reproductions for both Book I and Book II of The Peter Rabbit Music Books