Victorian Ambrotype Portrait in Original Leather c.1860 table centrepiece Excellent for fruit

Excellent for fruit

Book Title: Clearings: Six Colonial Gardeners andf Their Landscapes

UPC: 0075993833867

retaining its original 1979 maker's mark

Victorian Ambrotype Portrait in Original Leather c.1860 table centrepiece Excellent for fruitAn original Victorian ambrotype portrait dating to around 1860, housed in its original leather covered backing with decorative gilt brass mat and preserver. The portrait depicts a young woman seated holding a small book, captured using the wet collodion process on glass. Ambrotypes are unique, one off photographs from the earliest years of photography, making each example an irreplaceable piece of history. Presented in good antique condition with age