Early 1840s 1/6 Daguerreotype Photo Man in Front of Painted Backdrop body art With the original artist signature

With the original artist signature and title in pencil or light pen on the mat

This came out of a collection with quite a few South American and Mexican images

dings or corrosion noted

Original 1894 cabinet card

The photograph might equally reporesent the work of one of the first resident phoographs in that country

Early 1840s 1/6 Daguerreotype Photo Man in Front of Painted Backdrop body art With the original artist signatureEarly, original 6th plate daguerreotype pre 1845 man seated in front of a painted backdrop. Looking close, it appears to be a lake scene with a turret or tower on the right hand side. This was out of a Philadelphia estate that contained a couple of Robert Cornelius dags.. this is not by Cornelius, but the man was probably related to the Cresson family of Philadelphia. Underside of the glass is pretty dirty, but the plate appears free from scratch,