Ethereal Early Framed Silhouette Portrait Photograph of Older Woman papier mache tiger Used for sure but in

Used for sure but in overall very good condition with hinges firmly attached

I'd think--on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress

vulnerable

I believe this dates to about the late 1st/early second century A

Larger measures 4 11/16" across

Ethereal Early Framed Silhouette Portrait Photograph of Older Woman papier mache tiger Used for sure but inI love the ambiguity of this image, which I believe is a CDV that was scallop cut along the bottom before being mounted to the card, c. 1865. What is interesting to me about it is how the quality of the image to begin with combined with its aging over time make it feel very close to to a cut paper silhouette, and also almost as if it were a photograph of a statue, though details like the eyelashes and locks of hair surely point the former. Ultimately