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Daguerreotypes
Portrait of a mother with her daughter

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer: Eduard Wehnert (1811-1847). Portrait of a mother with her daughter. Circa 1844. Quarter-plate daguerreotype (plate size circa 10 x 8 cm). With original gilt-highlighted ornamental paper surround with photographer's printed name, taped behind glass with gilt paper band.

In 1845, Eduard Wehnert married Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann, widely recognized as the first professional female photographer in Germany. Active in the early 1840s, she played a pioneering role in the history of photography. Daguerreotypes by Eduard Wehnert himself are exceedingly rare, and seldom appear on the market. – Some oxidation spots, otherwise in good condition.