Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror antique french Photos document first one

Photos document first one

going back and forth working hard to capture all the details

These old ones are fairly hard to find and have become pretty precious

complete with green alients and smiley stickers

when she was 8 years old or so--for many many reasons

Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror antique french Photos document first oneThe person I purchased this early ninth plate daguerreotype of a folk art painting of young child speculated that both painting and, likely the daguerreotype, too, were done by Erastus Salisbury Field (1805 1900), an itinerant folk portrait painter primarily active in the 1830's, who traveled throughout western Massachusetts and the Connecticut Valley. In about 1841, Mr. Field moved with his family to Greenwich Village, NYC, where he opened a studio,