AN INTIMATE LIKENESS. The lad grasped an object laid out on a tabletop while the daguerreian uncapped his lens and pulled a dark slide to capture his client on a restored quarter sized mirror. Over time, various artifacts have gathered on the silver. When the intact leather case is opened the next admirer will notice the lower than normal camera angle and brilliant Rembrandt type illumination that gave the sculpted youth intense prominence not normally seen.