Vintage Reverse Glass Portrait of Woman in Green native amercAN and looking a bit as

and looking a bit as if about to go knock on the door of one of those little houses

) on either side—at right

It was photographed and produced by the Kilburn Brothers (Benjamin West Kilburn and his brother Edward Kilburn) of Littleton

but I like how they have faded in quite a painterly way

Approx 6 1/8" x 4 7/16" x 7/8"

Vintage Reverse Glass Portrait of Woman in Green native amercAN and looking a bit asBased on the signature at lower left, I believe this reverse glass portrait was done by a kid names Aslam but I find her rather transcendent, and fabulously intense! To my eye, each element tilted head, ice blue eyes, matte cream skin, darker triangle nose, jet black hair, blood red lips, bright green shirt is just right, adding up to a portrait of a woman who seems to see straight into one's soul! (Also a bit as if composed in a Mr. Potato Head sort