Old Glass Plate Negative of Presumed Earlier Portrait of Woman in Lace repetitive but purchased these from a

but purchased these from a New Hampshire-based seller who is

so romantic

hand weight

attached via wire

as it has absorbed a bit of that

Old Glass Plate Negative of Presumed Earlier Portrait of Woman in Lace repetitive but purchased these from aI love things that confuse me or make me question what I'm seeing, and I also images of other images, representing multiple degrees of remove. I believe this glass plate negative most likely documents an earlier photograph, frame and all; I am not a costume expert, but the fine lace and bodice make me think 1840s, while the glass plate negative did not come into common use until several decades later. One can just make out the flutter of her