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Daguerréotype, format demi-plaque. Annoté Le port d'Alger en Novembre 1844 Peu de Vapeurs, beaucoup de voiliers rassemblés près de la Santé, seul point à peu près abrité à cette époque. à l'encre d'une main inconnue ancienne sur une étiquette en papier fixée au verso de la plaque. Montage moderne.

This piece is in very good general condition. It bears a small rhombus (with the initial M. in its centre) embossed in the lower right corner and the number 40 in the upper right corner. With very few very light scratches allover the surface, on horizontal in the cetre of the image. Oxidation mainly along the left and right edges and in the upper right corner and vertically slightly oxidated line at approx. 4 cm from the right edge. This is clearly visible in the catalogue/online illustration. This daguerreotype has been stored for many years without any protection in a particularly custom-made wooden box, together with the plates of lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8, and the vertical oxidation on the plate of lot 7 corresponds to the opening of the box where air could penetrate. Some light scratching at approx. 5 mm along the upper and lower edges due to manipulation in and out of the box. For handling purposes, the plate has been mounted between to plates of plexiglass such that the reverse is also visible.
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