Group of four mid-19th century sixteenth plate daguerreotype portraits housed in original hinged cases with gilt mats and velvet interior pads. The small-format portraits depict women posed in studio settings typical of American daguerreotype photography of the 1840s–1850s period.

The sitters wear period clothing including dresses with fitted bodices, collars, and hair styled in center-parted arrangements common to the era. Each plate is presented within decorative gilt mats and period cases with red or dark velvet interior pads. The sixteenth plate format is a scarce miniature size compared to the more commonly encountered sixth and ninth plate daguerreotypes.

One example may possibly be attributable to the Boston studio of Southworth & Hawes based on presentation style and mat characteristics, though no imprint is visible. The group represents an appealing assortment of early American daguerreotype portraiture in the uncommon miniature format.