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| D10-78. HER RED DRESS. It is uncertain to me if the daguerreotypist pre- focused the plane of the plate on the chair's knob on the right side, since that was the easiest object to see inside his camera, or did he attempt to actually create the sharpness while the child sat on the furniture? Now that I look closer, the tinted tablecloth and the front of the kid's dress seems clearer than the girl's face. Those strands of hair towards the back are well defined. The toddler is causing a conundrum in my brain. All those blue spots are artifacts from the original preparation that have "grown" over time. Beautiful patina courses in an octagonal shape. The tinting changes in intensity when the full sixth size leather case is opened and rotated. A recent archival seal was made with new glass. $200 |
