Unusual, Large, Hand-painted Reward of Merit with George Washington, Liberty, Joseph Brant sixth plate ambrotype as there are some letters

as there are some letters a bit taller and wider and thicker than others

I'm very tempted to keep this one for myself

to the carved face and hat

It is accompanied by botanical notes about the Yellow Water Lily

Unusual, Large, Hand-painted Reward of Merit with George Washington, Liberty, Joseph Brant sixth plate ambrotype as there are some lettersI've looked at quite a good number of rewards of merit and this seems a rare and unusual one to me extra large in size, and featuring images of George Washington (in bust portrait and in action), a classically depicted Liberty (in red robe and crowned portrait), and a soaring eagle. At lower right is a portrait of, I believe, Joseph Brant Thayendanegea, Native American of the Mohawks, who led the Six Nations in unifying to fight for the British during