Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug The head rotates a bit

The head rotates a bit if one tries

who in his younger days built the stair case at the Lancaster

the metal shows some age as one would want it to

which would cause the whimsy rings to rattle a bit while shaking

I believe following the lead of an instructor who wrote the phrase first at the top of each page

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug The head rotates a bitThe 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