Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy Jadwiga and a great walker he

and a great walker he is

as is the case with this one

and the court cards bearing images of historical figures associated with that continent

I love the position of her head

Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy Jadwiga and a great walker heI'm finding myself more and more drawn to things that feel mysterious and elusive, and this feels very much that. It's a sixth plate daguerreotype of a naive graphite drawing depicting a young child in profile with eyes closed and small hands in their lap, suggesting perhaps it was a postmortem drawing (?) though with a gentle sweetness that makes it seem as if he was just poised for bedtime. It appears to have been hand tinted, adding just a blush of