Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets tally machine Another sort of thing I

Another sort of thing I just can't pass by when I come across them

I've searched but not found another like it

4 7/8" w x 2 3/4" d x 4 13/16" t and in very good condition

perhaps holding a parasol but I prefer to think a magic wand

pretty beautiful in its much rusted and eroded state

Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets tally machine Another sort of thing IIt's not too often I come across a half plate daguerreotype 4 1 4" x 5 1 2" this one much tarnished, not surprisingly as it was clearly never cased. I like it for the color including deep browns and blues too, best seen in details and surface of gestural smudges and scratches, which together have the effect of making this young woman, already rather determined looking, feel as if willing herself into existence stubbornly resisting disappearing