Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique dog painting is a widely collected Canadian

is a widely collected Canadian folk art sculptor and woodcarver who

He measures about 4" long x 2" wide x "1

these became an American  folk art genre around 1870

I'm not sure if this pilot was actually a postcard

10 1/2" t x 5" w x 3/4" thick

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique dog painting is a widely collected CanadianThe flat sky aqua blue ground on this c. 1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me, combined with its perfect housing, as it always has been, in this 1 6th plate daguerreotype case, the gold foiled mat of which really makes his gold watch chain pop. To me he looks like a banker, keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments, too and quietly plotting what's next! The small water stain running from his eye to the edge