John Moffat

Daguerreotype

Photo 1

Thank you to Ernst Massen for telling me about a daguerreotype by Moffat that he is offering for sale on the German eBay web site.

The photo was offered for sale over 7 days ending 23 October 2005 with a reserve price of Euro 79.  With three days to go there had been no bids.

The photo was in a leather case with the inscription on the outside:

60 Princes Street was Moffat's studio address from 1858 to 1860.

Photo 2

Thank you  also to James Irvine Robertson, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, for telling me about another Moffat Daguerreotype.  James wrote:

"I have a daguerreotype of a woman with

embossed on the red leather frame. The identity of the sitter is suspected and she died in 1856."

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The address, 19 Princes Street, was John Moffat's studio from 1856 to 1858.