Moody c. 1840s Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Beautiful Young Man (Occupational?) wooden spatula great rounded corners and three

great rounded corners and three brass pins positioned more or less on the horizontal

to men shooting the breeze next to the buggy filled with bags of coal (

The canvas is stapled on the sides to the stretcher

consists of 55 cards representing various geometric stapes

and then this wonderful cast of characters spilling from the doors of the church

Moody c. 1840s Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Beautiful Young Man (Occupational?) wooden spatula great rounded corners and threeThis one I purchased for what I see as its sheer beauty and wonderful moodinessand for how much this young man looks like a character out of Dickens or the like, with a whole drama swirling around him. I purchased him from an expert in the history of costume, and trust her dating of this to the 1840s. I assume his coat, draped around him almost like a sweater (and really a bit like a straight jacket, his hands hidden) is a work coat, protecting