Lot 8: ANTOINE CLAUDET

Maria Lydia Beane (Mrs. Wood) Stereoscopic daguerreotype. 1856. Hand-tinted. Inscribed for Ada Jessie... Wood from her dear grand mama when old enough to value it. 1864 by the sitter and annotated Maria Lydia Beane (Mrs. Wood) at the time of her marriage in 1856 in later hand, both in ink on 107 Regent Street paper credit label on reverse of backing paper. Arched top, paper passe-partout. With accompanying ink manuscript note. Dark blue leather case, gilt credit stamp on front. NOTES Hand-tinted details of her dress are exceptionally fine.