Julius Caesar Daguerreotype Sculpture Erastus Dow Palmer or Hiram Powers? Rare slave this was part of a

this was part of a collection of important African American images assembled for the 1900 Paris Exhibition

There are a few light bends that are mostly insignificant

but possibly Springfield

Dag has a tarnish ring and the underside of the glass is dirty

Julius Caesar Daguerreotype Sculpture Erastus Dow Palmer or Hiram Powers? Rare slave this was part of aSixth plate daguerreotype, marble bust of a man in profile. I believe, and I was also told by another collector, independently, that this is a bust of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, though he is not identified anywhere on the image or case. The artist is also unidentified, but it resembles the work of the famous sculptors Erastus Dow Palmer or Hiram Powers. Dag is in excellent condition in full leather case. The underside of the glass is foggy and