Ninth Plate Ambrotype Portrait of Woman with Braids and Aura! doorstop allowing them to move to

allowing them to move to and fro--when raised above her head

I think it is really quite a beautiful thing

perhaps by the father

which I purchased from a dealer with many wonderful and eclectic things

All of these more or less fall away once hung--the painting is truly radiant

Ninth Plate Ambrotype Portrait of Woman with Braids and Aura! doorstop allowing them to move toI think the more one looks at and for things, the more attracted to the effects of time and chance one becomes, which can make already singular things all the more so. I found a very potent image of a Civil War soldier several weeks ago, which had deteriorated such that it appeared his head had been shot off, and actually purchased this and one other I am listing now from that same seller, I think all three previously held in one collection. I believe