Antique Daguerreotype from 1844 possum Rare Antique Articulated Composition Carnival

Rare Antique Articulated Composition Carnival Prize

Features Elongated Face With Bird Standing Atop Head

Plaster and Wire Body

Stands 13" Tall (Including Height of Wood Base)

Antique Daguerreotype from 1844 possum Rare Antique Articulated Composition CarnivalAntique Daguerreotype of Bearded Gentleman Original Paper Tape Frame Backing is Dated 1844 Measures 3 5 8" x 4 3 8" Daguerreotypes were a very early form of photography, a photographer would use a camera to expose light on a silver plated plate of copper, then develop the image using a mercury vapor. Widely used in the 1840s and 1850s, it was soon replaced by the ambrotype. Because the silver takes on a mirror like appearance, the subject can be