Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets 19th century wooden box with inlay The frame shows small gaps

The frame shows small gaps at upper left and lower right where the nails have come just slightly apart

A reactive glaze gives the bottom half a rough

Fine Courage

but a marvelous one

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Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets 19th century wooden box with inlay The frame shows small gapsIt's not too often I come across a half plate daguerreotype 4 1 4" x 5 1 2" this one much tarnished, not surprisingly as it was clearly never cased. I like it for the color including deep browns and blues too, best seen in details and surface of gestural smudges and scratches, which together have the effect of making this young woman, already rather determined looking, feel as if willing herself into existence stubbornly resisting disappearing