Daguerreotype Photo Possible Sick Premortem Creepy eyes Antique Unusual 1800s black and white VG antique condition with intact

VG antique condition with intact seals

Any spots on my photo are on / under the glass and not on the image

but the glass has now been replaced

hard toread but I think his name was something like "Master Niles Dockham"

Pair of sixth-plate daguerreotypes of a man and his wife taken in the same sitting

Daguerreotype Photo Possible Sick Premortem Creepy eyes Antique Unusual 1800s black and white VG antique condition with intactSixth plate daguerreotype of a sickly woman photographed in a high backed chair, probably needed to help support her head. She is wearing an object on a ribbon around her neck and her eyes seem odd, looking off to one side. It has been suggested that this is a post mortem photograph, but I don't believe so. could very well be a "premortem" image, however. The plate is tarnished, but other than a few tiny mat abrasions is in good condition with no