Serious Young Man: Sixth Plate Cased Daguerreotype of Boy with Books round lacquer box and made of papier-mache lacquered

and made of papier-mache lacquered black with gold

How nice to throw this lovely pair of antique French Traveler’s clothes brushes into one's suitcase atop a pile of carefully folded clothes when setting off on a long trip

Assuming the former

leather spine

With gun in one hand

Serious Young Man: Sixth Plate Cased Daguerreotype of Boy with Books round lacquer box and made of papier-mache lacqueredI immediately fell in love with the seriousness of expression on this young man's face, which I read not as discontentment, but rather as great focus and ambition; really he looks to me as if preparing to rule the world! I am guessing the two books at right are most likely the bible printed in two volumes, so perhaps it is the fear of god rather than ambition that drives him and makes him look so sober! Whatever the case, perhaps the perfect gift for