SIMPLE AND SUPERLATIVE. I really wonder if the seated lady was the seamstress who created her lovely dress from such a remarkable bolt of cloth? At the completion of the splendid retaped sixth plate, the daguerreian tinted her flesh tones. Except for the mat scrapes and a couple meaningless spots, the woman?s outstanding likeness has aged perfectly. Her intact leather case with a nice red silk pad inside was embossed with the diesinker?s name, ?Pretlove? on both covers.
