Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy 1900s drawing likely depicting a scholar

likely depicting a scholar

I would guess it was a Salvation Army giveaway for kids

Images document one jug

with a nice patina to the brass and a minor rusting to the chain

--not to retrieve

Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy 1900s drawing likely depicting a scholarI'm finding myself more and more drawn to things that feel mysterious and elusive, and this feels very much that. It's a sixth plate daguerreotype of a naive graphite drawing depicting a young child in profile with eyes closed and small hands in their lap, suggesting perhaps it was a postmortem drawing (?) though with a gentle sweetness that makes it seem as if he was just poised for bedtime. It appears to have been hand tinted, adding just a blush of