| Description | Six daguerreotypes in leather-covered cases lined with velvet. One case holds 3 small daguerreotypes, making a total of 4 cases. At least two were made by French photographer Antoine Claudet.
<li>Three individual portraits of girls. Sitters not identified. All hand-tinted. 4cmx5.5cm each. Case embossed with the crest of Antoine Claudet, 107 Regent Street, Quadrant. Probably 1850s.</li>
<li>Portrait of a man, possibly William Pearson (ESP's grandfather). Not tinted. 4cmx5cm. Case embossed with the crest of Antoine Claudet, 18 King William Street, Strand & Colosseum. Probably 1847-1851</li>
<li>Portrait of two girls, possibly Fanny and Elizabeth Smith (ESP's grandmother Fanny Pearson and great-aunt Lizzie White). No markings on the case to identify the photographer. Hand-tinted. 4.5cmx7cm. Probably early 1840s, if the sitters are the Smith children.</li>
<li>Portrait of an unknown man. No markings on the case to identify the photographer. Not tinted. Oval shape, 6cmx7.5cm at widest points. Possibly 1840s?</li> |