#sixth-plate

Daguerreotype portrait of British abolitionist and Member of Parliament George Thompson taken by photographer Richard Beard, c. 1841.

Ambrotype portrait of an unidentified man riding a horse, c. 1850′s.

Daguerreotype portrait of a blacksmith demonstrating forging a horseshoe by Philadelphia photographer Summer A. Smith, c. 1859-1860.

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified painter posing with a palette and brushes, c. 1840′s.

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified African American woman, c. 1840s/1850s.

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young man by African American photographer Francis Grice, c. 1850′s.

Daguerreotype portrait of two men posing in a horse-drawn buggy, c. 1850′s.

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man, possibly an actor, c. 1840′s/1850′s. Attributed to New York City photographer Gabriel Harrison.