Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror antique french and make one (me) think

and make one (me) think it would be pretty fun to introduce some secret codes into daily life

and that he represents Harold Lloyd

printed squares with copyright info on reverse

11 7/8" from top left corner to top right

lid with air holes facing front

Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror antique french and make one (me) thinkThe person I purchased this early ninth plate daguerreotype of a folk art painting of young child speculated that both painting and, likely the daguerreotype, too, were done by Erastus Salisbury Field (1805 1900), an itinerant folk portrait painter primarily active in the 1830's, who traveled throughout western Massachusetts and the Connecticut Valley. In about 1841, Mr. Field moved with his family to Greenwich Village, NYC, where he opened a studio,