A Superb, Crystal Clear, Half-Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Cute, Three-Year-Old Girl With a Toy Dog Smallpox Inoculation History only a few copies of

only a few copies of this series of picture books are likely to have survived

the work reimagines Lewis Carroll’s 1865 masterpiece through a series of wearable or collectible textiles

Oblong 32mo - 3-3/8" x 5"

but otherwise presents as a remarkably fresh

Unrestored examples that survive in this state of preservation are increasingly difficult to acquire on the private market

A Superb, Crystal Clear, Half-Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Cute, Three-Year-Old Girl With a Toy Dog Smallpox Inoculation History only a few copies of(Early Photography: Daguerreotypes) Portrait of a Three Year Old Girl With Her Toy Dog [Mary A. Collins with her dog "Bevis"]. [No place]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1840. Half plate daguerreotype image, 5 1 2" x 4 1 4". Full length seated portrait. Housed under glass in the original full, pressed paper case measuring 5 7 8" x 4 5 8", complete with original, functional brass latching hardware. Accompanied by two historic ephemera components: an