Daguerreotype of Child in Plaid Vest with Strange Hands in Fine Thermoplastic Case 19th century Scherenschnitte no chips or cracks or

no chips or cracks or issues

I love the blue and orange color scheme

This is an original Underwood & Underwood press photo

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Daguerreotype of Child in Plaid Vest with Strange Hands in Fine Thermoplastic Case 19th century Scherenschnitte no chips or cracks orI love the androgynousness of the young subject in this daguerreotype, and his (I presume) plaid vest, and the way the posts on the back of the chair rise from his shoulders like wings. There is also a mysteriousness about the hands, which seem to emerge from another body to wrap around the waist of the subject (as in a hidden mother), raising the question of whether this might in fact be a post mortem. I'm not sure, but I love the strangeness. Housed