19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case kayaker The exterior is leather with

The exterior is leather with brass corners

Each measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"

and rather majestic

The underside of the drawers on this one are indeed orange

" makes it all the more intriguing

19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case kayaker The exterior is leather withMy first impression of this ambrotype was to think what a striking looking man, but the more closely I study it, the more he appears as if he might just be devoid of life. Perhaps this is just the effect of that very angular face, and eyes that have been touched with black paint at the centers, such that the windows into his soul are voided! A bit of a strange mouth too, tinted pink, and looking as if just closed around a canary. I find him, and the