Seated Nude with Back Turned, Lovely Old Snapshot of Artist's Studio stuffed mouse a bit of loss to

a bit of loss to the gilding on ears and tails

in this 1/6th plate daguerreotype case

and the thickly laid paint that makes it quite visceral—you can just feel the scraping of the palette knife on the creamy white roofs of the house/barn

almost as if from the light trace of a razor blade

I might guess it was inspired by a Fraktur wedding certificate

Seated Nude with Back Turned, Lovely Old Snapshot of Artist's Studio stuffed mouse a bit of loss toI usually go to Brimfield Tuesday thru Thursday, and typically by Thursday afternoon I'm tired of walking and in the mood to plunk down and look through a big box of snapshots in a far corner of a far field, which is where I found this and a second photo of a nude sculpture also listed today. Seems to me they were likely taken on European travels, but I haven't definitively identified the studio, though perhaps it should be evident to me. I love the