Curious c. 1870s Baby Portrait with (Hidden Mother’s?) Hand, T.S. Estabrook, Brooklyn Ferrotype  st. louis super sculptural and graphic and

super sculptural and graphic and rather iconic feeling

and find the combination of intricacy and subtly quite exquisite

I believe this glass plate negative most likely documents an earlier photograph

mounted--I believe these were cut out of a scrapbook at some point as they have portions of clippings on the reverse

11 3/8 l x 6 3/8” t x 1” d

Curious c. 1870s Baby Portrait with (Hidden Mother’s?) Hand, T.S. Estabrook, Brooklyn Ferrotype  st. louis super sculptural and graphic andI keep an eye out for hidden mother portraits antique photos in which the mother of a young child is present, unusually in order to prop up or comfort the child, but either veiled (often in the most wonderfully absurd ways) or only partially in the frame. Here I assume it is the mother's hand and arm at upper left, clutching what appear to be a few flowers and I'n not sure what all. On the other hand, this child does not look especially full of life,