Antique Cabinet Card Photo Copy of...

Updated September 26, 2026

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Lot number	53
Estimate	20.00 - 40.00 USD
Category	Antiques & Furniture
Auction	Sale 260929
Date	September 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM EDT
Auction house	Period Americana
Location	Boston, Massachusetts

Daguerreotype F W Legg Woburn Mass. Produced circa 1880s by photographer F. W. Legg in Woburn, Massachusetts, this intriguing late 19th-century Victorian cabinet card measures approximately 4.25 by 6.5 inches and features an albumen print studio copy of an earlier 1840s–1850s cased image (likely a daguerreotype or ambrotype) depicting an elderly woman in early mid-century attire with a fitted lace bonnet, wide neckties, and a prominent brooch. Mounted on a heavy cardstock board with gold-gilt bevel edges and printed studio credits along the lower front margin, reproduction cabinet cards of early cased portraits represent a sought-after sub-genre among 19th-century photo collectors and genealogy researchers. The photograph presents in good overall antique condition, maintaining clear visual detail across the subject despite age-appropriate wear, including uniform sepia toning, faint foxing spots, minor surface specks on the print, and light corner rounding with edge wear on the mount.

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