Soulful Woman in Lace Bonnet, C. 1850s Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Portrait striking poster tapered (sort of top-like) shape

tapered (sort of top-like) shape

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

especially together--I'd seen her once or twice before

Animals and lady in very good condition

There is one old repair on the back side as documented

Soulful Woman in Lace Bonnet, C. 1850s Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Portrait striking poster tapered (sort of top-like) shapeFound 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