Soulful Woman in Lace Bonnet, C. 1850s Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Portrait striking poster Slip measures 15 1/16" x

Slip measures 15 1/16" x 12"

There are tiny holes in the roofs of most of them

as one thinks they just really liked to draw branches--as well as stars

Really a pretty amazing thing

crinkles or wrinkles

Soulful Woman in Lace Bonnet, C. 1850s Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Portrait striking poster Slip measures 15 1/16" xFound in Maine this week the latest in my ongoing pursuit of early photographs of folk art paintings, created as one means of capturing likenesses gave way to another, and emblematic of the want to carry things, and people, forward. (I think of such things as akin to digitally scanning old 35 mm slides, or digitizing VHS tapes the problem persisted as technology progressed!) And what a soulful looking woman she appears to me, lovely but looking as