American daguerreotypist (selfportrait ?) Lot n° 2
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The Love-letter / La lettera d'amore, c. 1855
Sixth plate daguerreotype, 82x167 mm, Shakespearean message on the case behind the plate, pencil:
"With unbounded pleasure do I gratify you, my dear Adaline, in presenting you this as it is, when you gaze upon it think of me that loves you and no other, tis but a picture you now possess tis true, but some future day, I will give you myself, Fred S. K."
"Con infinito piacere ti compiaccio, mia cara Adelina, nel presentarti questo per come è, quando lo guardi pensa a me che ti amo e a nessun altra, è un'immagine che ora possiedi, ma un giorno ti darò me stesso"
Fred S. K.
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