Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype green sky Photos don't convey the radiance

Photos don't convey the radiance of the midnight blue on this old metal sign

it is very very close to complete

of what looks like cherry wood to me

5 3/8” x 3 3/8 and in good condition

looking askance) a bit different in style than the others

Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype green sky Photos don't convey the radianceIt 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