Sea Captain or Navy ? Handsome Bearded Man 1/6 Daguerreotype Poss Portland Maine Ebay Some soiling and surface wear

Some soiling and surface wear

All words are readable under magnification

They both enlisted 10 days apart

Normal wear and aging

Sea Captain or Navy ? Handsome Bearded Man 1/6 Daguerreotype Poss Portland Maine Ebay Some soiling and surface wearSixth plate daguerreotype.. looks like he's wearing a type of bridge coat with vest? Very confident pose he might have been somebody notable.. Dag is in very good antique condition with a tarnish ring including that heavy vertical line of tarnish on the right side. The original seals have dried up and fallen down into the case, but besides the tarnish the plate appears to have no damage. Location is not definitively known, but this dag was purchased