Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case bunny glass perfume bottle I took the graceful figure

I took the graceful figure in his bright whites

though also a nice one to greet each morning

others Asian

I love the blue paint against the varnished wood

and is unsigned

Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case bunny glass perfume bottle I took the graceful figureI'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