Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets tally machine Photos show the paper as

Photos show the paper as a bit yellower than it is

I've searched but not found another like it

4 7/8" w x 2 3/4" d x 4 13/16" t and in very good condition

There are some light color flecks on some of them in the photos

Another sort of thing I just can't pass by when I come across them

Moody, Much Tarnished Half Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Ringlets tally machine Photos show the paper asIt's not too often I come across a half plate daguerreotype 4 1 4" x 5 1 2" this one much tarnished, not surprisingly as it was clearly never cased. I like it for the color including deep browns and blues too, best seen in details and surface of gestural smudges and scratches, which together have the effect of making this young woman, already rather determined looking, feel as if willing herself into existence stubbornly resisting disappearing