Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror des moines This super folky c

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may not be delivering the best of news

upon whose knee the dog’s paw so gently rests

It seems possible there was once additional ornament on the front facing panel as there is a little scuffing there and one stray nail

Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror des moines This super folky cThe 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,