Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case bunny glass perfume bottle and is unsigned

and is unsigned

though also a nice one to greet each morning

condition is consistent with age -- some discolouration

it stands up straight on its own

Iasigi it looks to me

Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case bunny glass perfume bottle and is unsignedI've been resisting buying daguerreotypes, in significant part because I have a very hard time photographing them well, but I really loved this serious looking couple with stack of books (his and hers and she's protecting hers!) resting on the table between them. A wonderful play of hands, and patterns, too, and I especially love the expression on her face, which seems a combination of keenly observant and self protective. With a bit of gilding at the