Very Uncommon Double Image Daguerreotype with Two Different Portrait Views of the Same Man on a Single Quarter Plate

1850. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarter plate daguerreotype of a well-dressed, perhaps 30-something man, shown seated in two similar but different poses: in one he is hatless, in the other be-hatted, but otherwise identically dressed. In each image he wears the same gold ring which has been tinted, and there appears to be very subtle tinting of his shirt front and cheeks. Approximately 3" x 4.5", housed in an oval mat, protector, and molded leather case with original metal hooks, and an orange cut velvet pad. Unexamined out of the frame, but the image and frame appear to be very near fine, possibly professionally cleaned and re-sealed; the leather case is splitting at the seam, and is probably a candidate for reinforcement. We could find no obvious identification of either the subject or the photographer, but the case and protector suggest a date of about 1850-55. While "double image" dags, where one side of the plate is masked and then a second identical image is repeated on the same plate are occasionally encountered; examples such as this, with two different poses of the same subject on a single plate appear to be rare. Clear and bright, and overall very near fine. A terrific image. (Inventory #: 606221)