Messy Yellow
SOLD March 2006 |
Sixth plate daguerreotype of girl standing by table ca. 1850, with applied hand-coloring in yellow, blue and blush. Housed in a full leather case with partially worn-through hinge.
A sweet daguerreotype of a mild and angelic-looking little girl. Crude swabs of yellow have been haphazardly applied to her dress as if by a drunken sailor and leave much of the dress uncolored. However, the table beside her is nicely colored with a even blue, and her cheeks are subtly highlighted with blush, so we are left with something of a puzzle.
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