Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype green sky looking askance) a bit different

looking askance) a bit different in style than the others

it is very very close to complete

it feels a bit as if an old  handmade stuffed animal were transformed into clay

Pretty straight forward

and there are a handful of broken stitches around the edge of the lid--all as documented

Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype green sky looking askance) a bit differentIt 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