19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case kayaker The underside of the drawers

The underside of the drawers on this one are indeed orange

I really love the form and texture of this contemporary basket

from the bright red boat

or a pen of vulnerable sheep

Each measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"

19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case kayaker The underside of the drawersMy first impression of this ambrotype was to think what a striking looking man, but the more closely I study it, the more he appears as if he might just be devoid of life. Perhaps this is just the effect of that very angular face, and eyes that have been touched with black paint at the centers, such that the windows into his soul are voided! A bit of a strange mouth too, tinted pink, and looking as if just closed around a canary. I find him, and the