Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype green sky 5 3/8” x 3 3/8

5 3/8” x 3 3/8 and in good condition

it is very very close to complete

is that this is American and I am pretty sure it dates to the 2nd half of the 20th century

Pretty straight forward

looking askance) a bit different in style than the others

Young Woman with Book and Tree, Evocative Early, Hand-colored, Degraded Cased Ambrotype green sky 5 3/8” x 3 3/8It has been a while since I found a cased photo I really loved for its degradation, but this is one of those (though I would certainly really love this one in pristine condition too!) For me the all over craquelure makes this lovely young woman feel extra moody and the image all the more an object hovering in between the worlds of past and present, dead and living, substance and spirit. With hands on a book in front of her, pinked cheeks, and painted