Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait wood and horsehair brush How to argue with a

How to argue with a game that involves an auctioneer and gavel and strange dice and beautiful early lithographed cards

No maker's mark and I can't find another out there like it

There are a couple of stains on the face

over and around

though whether the remains of a once larger whimsy or some other sort of crown of thorns construction

Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait wood and horsehair brush How to argue with aLove at first sight with this one; he just immediately felt like an old friend to me. And a curious one in my experience too a miniature ink and watercolor portrait on a CDV card, the card stamped "H. Terry, Main Street, Sag Harbor, L. I" on reverse. Whether painted over an early photo portrait, or over an engraving, or painted on a blank card, I am not entirely certain, but his hair and collar look early 1800s as opposed to c. 1860s to me, so perhaps