Birth Place, Unusual Antique Cabinet Card Photo of Punch Paper House Portrait Needlepoint lucky penny 6 3/4 x 4 7/16

6 3/4 x 4 7/16 and in great condition

I am not certain the date on this--it seems Bluteau was still actively making and selling throughout the first decade of the 2000s

He always was a fond admirer of Percycution Hunt

and contributing to a great patina

Birth Place, Unusual Antique Cabinet Card Photo of Punch Paper House Portrait Needlepoint lucky penny 6 3/4 x 4 7/16You know I love a photograph of an earlier photo, and a photograph of an earlier painted portrait too: technological innovations, such as the invention of the tintype, enabled the production of inexpensive copies, and hence an easier carrying forward of the past into the future. (Such richness in moments of transition and translation from one medium to another I always think.) This though is I believe is the first cabinet card I've seen capturing a