Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby antique wooden posts 8 1/2" x 12" and

8 1/2" x 12" and in overall good condition

Hardback with leather spine and corners

And what a marvelous little building it is

with a mix of thin and thicker blue stripes

The large scale of the drawing lends each of the figures a substantial presence and sense of being specific individuals

Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby antique wooden posts 8 1/2" x 12" andSuch a strange one! This is an foil wrapped, uncased 19th c. ruby ambrotype which, over time, has been transformed in what I find a quite evocative and rather otherworldly way, as if revealing this child's inner light (or its being consumed from within by a pear shaped ectoplasmic blob!) I especially love how the hand at left seems to grip and press into the side of the glowing form. There is no backing aside from a taped perimeter and the foil wrap,