Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets bearded and sized for standard taper

and sized for standard taper candles

lacquered papier mache

clearly Victorian era

and as perfect little pedestals for displaying other little things

Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets bearded and sized for standard taperIt'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