Ninth Plate Ambrotype Portrait of Woman with Braids and Aura! carved printing block with what looks to me

with what looks to me a pirate of sorts at right

Aged just perfectly

Just the perfect mix of rustic and refined

as one can see (

Aside from the two lamp posts bolted the metal base

Ninth Plate Ambrotype Portrait of Woman with Braids and Aura! carved printing block with what looks to meI think the more one looks at and for things, the more attracted to the effects of time and chance one becomes, which can make already singular things all the more so. I found a very potent image of a Civil War soldier several weeks ago, which had deteriorated such that it appeared his head had been shot off, and actually purchased this and one other I am listing now from that same seller, I think all three previously held in one collection. I believe