Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug No mark on it that

No mark on it that I can see

who in his younger days built the stair case at the Lancaster

culture indigenous to  the Brazilian Amazon and believe it likely dates to the earlyish 20th century

Woods apothecary in Plymouth

The head rotates a bit if one tries

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug No mark on it thatThe flat sky aqua blue ground on this c. 1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me, combined with its perfect housing, as it always has been, in this 1 6th plate daguerreotype case, the gold foiled mat of which really makes his gold watch chain pop. To me he looks like a banker, keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments, too and quietly plotting what's next! The small water stain running from his eye to the edge