A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case woman with long fingernails A little research tells me

A little research tells me that 500 is a trump taking game related to euchre and bridge

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which pulls out easily through the tiny hole at the center of the lid

A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case woman with long fingernails A little research tells meI wish I knew more about this one an ambrotype, found in MA, of an earlier painting, which looks Revolutionary War era to me (and him a bit like John Adams!), at the center of which is the gesture of her hand on his cuff with painted gold wedding band on her finger though I must say it looks a bit to me like the fingers of her other hand, resting in her lap, are crossed! (And the gesture itself feels, perhaps cynically on my part, like a bit of a