Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype copy block Middle cube divides into two

Middle cube divides into two parts

) I assume it is a wolf chasing these two deer

So perhaps they're setting sail to distant lands

later to become A

with tissue paper in between each page

Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype copy block Middle cube divides into twoIt has been a while since I found a cased photo I really loved for its degradation, but this is one of those (though I would certainly really love this one in pristine condition too!) For me the all over craquelure makes this lovely young woman feel extra moody and the image all the more an object hovering in between the worlds of past and present, dead and living, substance and spirit. With hands on a book in front of her, pinked cheeks, and painted