Daguerreotype of a hand drawn portrait

Portrait of a man standing holding a book at a table. He wears a gown over a shirt with a high collar and a waistcoat with a watch chain.

Half length portrait of a seated elderly woman with hair dressed in ringlets hanging from a band and ribbons. She is dressed in black with a white lace collar pinned with a brooch.Hand colored. The painted backdrop is of sky and clouds

William Ball Palmer was born in Somerset and was living in Gloucestershire when the 1861 census was taken.

Portrait of a seated young woman. She wears a dark dress with bell sleeves showing white cuffs and blouse front and dark bracelets with a long chain hanging down to her waist and a ribbon at her neck. Her hair has ribbons at the rear and she lays one elbow on a cloth covered table upon which is a book. She is sitting on an upholstered chair with an elaborate carved back.There is possibly a painted backdrop with some vegetation on the right.