Cased Sixteenth Plate Early Tintype Portrait of Soulful Looking Man in Hat carved wooden bird in cage " along with many sorts

" along with many sorts of lotions and tonics and elixirs

with general wear and creases to the paper as evident

Just the best silhouette and proportions on this figure

with the questions posed by a suitor and the answer returned by the recipient

) Ambrotype in very good condition

Cased Sixteenth Plate Early Tintype Portrait of Soulful Looking Man in Hat carved wooden bird in cage " along with many sortsThis one is very much about the whole package for me the very small case, with the gold trim around the interior edges and embossed flower on the exterior, and then his very tightly cropped, mugshot like face. Of the scale and manner made to be carried around close to one's heart during the subject's long absences in order to keep them very close and not to forget what they look like!:) Or so I imagine. Feels very immediate and also very dear. 2" x 1