Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby little mouse His pads and shin guards

His pads and shin guards and glove are all pretty great too

(The sharp pins would grip the rug as one worked to pull it into place

bringing her back a sack full

and would take some work to get apart

The shape of the base of the plover makes him lean forward a bit

Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby little mouse His pads and shin guardsSuch a strange one! This is an foil wrapped, uncased 19th c. ruby ambrotype which, over time, has been transformed in what I find a quite evocative and rather otherworldly way, as if revealing this child's inner light (or its being consumed from within by a pear shaped ectoplasmic blob!) I especially love how the hand at left seems to grip and press into the side of the glowing form. There is no backing aside from a taped perimeter and the foil wrap,