Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame textures and one which does the

and one which does the trick of scratching an itch very well indeed

I have no idea of its origins

Happiness inducing for sure

) At the center is most definitely a beaver

The bottle here is long gone

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame textures and one which does theThe flat sky aqua blue ground on this c. 1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me, combined with its perfect housing, as it always has been, in this 1 6th plate daguerreotype case, the gold foiled mat of which really makes his gold watch chain pop. To me he looks like a banker, keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments, too and quietly plotting what's next! The small water stain running from his eye to the edge