Lot 4: ANTOINE CLAUDET

Egyptian Sculpture Gallery, The British Museum; Still-lifes of Greco-Roman statuary 5 stereoscopic daguerreotypes. 1850s. Each with 107 Regent Street paper credit label on reverse of backing paper, 4 annotated W.B. Barker in pencil on labels. In period wooden box. (6) PROVENANCE As in previous lot. NOTES Including the northern end of the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery and five still-lifes. A former banker and businessman, Claudet learned the daguerreotype process soon after its announcement in 1839 and obtained a license from Daguerre to practice it in Great Britain.