Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case pinched but which I really love

but which I really love for its carved tombstone-style sliding lid

it is intended as a letter opener

with horse as subject

gorgeous again to the paint

with great hand-painted red brick around the bottom and for the chimney

Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case pinched but which I really loveI've been resisting buying daguerreotypes, in significant part because I have a very hard time photographing them well, but I really loved this serious looking couple with stack of books (his and hers and she's protecting hers!) resting on the table between them. A wonderful play of hands, and patterns, too, and I especially love the expression on her face, which seems a combination of keenly observant and self protective. With a bit of gilding at the