SOLD Wonderful Antique Cabinet Card of Mid 19th Century Folk Art Portrait antique black cat but it would be easy

but it would be easy to have a pane cut

may be that old--it is the real stunner of this pair (though both are lovely)

The pigment could certainly still be put to use

but there are not many of her drawings accessible and I am by no means certain

SOLD Wonderful Antique Cabinet Card of Mid 19th Century Folk Art Portrait antique black cat but it would be easyI continue to be drawn to 19th c. photographs of folk art portraits, whether in the form of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, or glass plate negatives, or cabinet cards as here such an interesting period as painted portraits gave way to photographic ones, with photographs of paintings like this one perfectly embodying that transition, which was a paradigm shift, really. Plus, what a great portrait this is! I really love the extra large hand in the near