Magic Halo Antique Ambrotype, Young Girl in Calico Dress black and white puppy this great old handmade donkey

this great old handmade donkey

which I think may have previously been the case

It is signed by a Luisa Wells

This hide used for this one has been stained black

grip and super smooth surface on the handle

Magic Halo Antique Ambrotype, Young Girl in Calico Dress black and white puppy this great old handmade donkeyI'm really into the effects of degradation that can emerge on ambrotypes and daguerreotypes over time, often feeling as if revealing something about the interior life (of after life!) of the subject. This I think is a very nice example, with bluish halo like ring perfectly following the oval of the frame above this young girl, and then exactly tracing the the hem of her skirt below to me looking as if encircling her in order to beam her up, while her