Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy nature painting 5" long x 2" deep

5" long x 2" deep x 3

vary in size

all pages bound and not fragile

is nice and deep

I can't pass by a nice Arts and Craft vase

Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy nature painting 5" long x 2" deepI'm finding myself more and more drawn to things that feel mysterious and elusive, and this feels very much that. It's a sixth plate daguerreotype of a naive graphite drawing depicting a young child in profile with eyes closed and small hands in their lap, suggesting perhaps it was a postmortem drawing (?) though with a gentle sweetness that makes it seem as if he was just poised for bedtime. It appears to have been hand tinted, adding just a blush of