ID’d Hotel Owner & Wife Mourning Dress Full Plate Daguerreotype Rare mourning and handful of tiny mat

and handful of tiny mat abrasions up close to the mat

Original leather album and 34 photos

Bufford (Pitcher 1900)

Has some paper residue on the back

Eleanor and George lived in New York City

ID’d Hotel Owner & Wife Mourning Dress Full Plate Daguerreotype Rare mourning and handful of tiny matLarge (7. 75" x 6. 5", including case) daguerreotype of Edmund Jones (17971866) and his wife Charlotte (Kingsbury) Jones (1802 1869), photographed sometime around 1855. They were married in 1817, so it's possible this was their 40th anniversary photo. Edmund was the owner of the Jones Hotel at 31 Park Row, New York City. The couple are identified by a period handwritten note taped to the back of the case. Mat has Gurney's studio imprints in the lower