Serious Young Man: Sixth Plate Cased Daguerreotype of Boy with Books valenti enamel canisters more so for the scattered

more so for the scattered stains and especially the darkening along the edges

set up his own publishing house in Paris and gained a reputation as one of the greatest typographers of the 19th century

and one can see where the mark was on the underside

The daguerreotype has been wiped and

I just love her in her black one piece with socks and big red bow

Serious Young Man: Sixth Plate Cased Daguerreotype of Boy with Books valenti enamel canisters more so for the scatteredI immediately fell in love with the seriousness of expression on this young man's face, which I read not as discontentment, but rather as great focus and ambition; really he looks to me as if preparing to rule the world! I am guessing the two books at right are most likely the bible printed in two volumes, so perhaps it is the fear of god rather than ambition that drives him and makes him look so sober! Whatever the case, perhaps the perfect gift for