Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman lantern 5 3/8" long measured beak

5 3/8" long measured beak to tail

By Luther Moulton

I am pretty certain the silk itself measures 5"x7"

among the finely cut images are swans swimming and a variety of other birds

Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman lantern 5 3/8" long measured beakYou know I love a photograph of a painting, especially a portrait a likeness rendered in one form media translated into another, carrying the subject forward, across time. And to my eye this one is pure perfection. Ultra moody, perfect framing of the frame, with a perfect contrast between the clarity of detail on the frame and the painterliness of the portrait. And the ground, which looks likely like velvet, also has a bit of the feeling of skin. I'd