ID’d Hotel Owner & Wife Mourning Dress Full Plate Daguerreotype Rare mourning The back is blank other

The back is blank other than a single word in pencil

but no obvious damage

Eleanor and George lived in New York City

75" to 2" tall each and in very good vintage condition as a whole

Dimensions of the writing desk CDV are about 3 7/8" x 2 3/8"

ID’d Hotel Owner & Wife Mourning Dress Full Plate Daguerreotype Rare mourning The back is blank otherLarge (7. 75" x 6. 5", including case) daguerreotype of Edmund Jones (17971866) and his wife Charlotte (Kingsbury) Jones (1802 1869), photographed sometime around 1855. They were married in 1817, so it's possible this was their 40th anniversary photo. Edmund was the owner of the Jones Hotel at 31 Park Row, New York City. The couple are identified by a period handwritten note taped to the back of the case. Mat has Gurney's studio imprints in the lower