Daguerreotype of Child in Plaid Vest with Strange Hands in Fine Thermoplastic Case coronation of king --embedded in them

--embedded in them

which could be used as a hanger for something now

and then this wonderful little watercolor with quiver of feathered arrows crossed with flaming torch

boxes inside of boxes on top of boxes and so on

Daguerreotype of Child in Plaid Vest with Strange Hands in Fine Thermoplastic Case coronation of king --embedded in themI love the androgynousness of the young subject in this daguerreotype, and his (I presume) plaid vest, and the way the posts on the back of the chair rise from his shoulders like wings. There is also a mysteriousness about the hands, which seem to emerge from another body to wrap around the waist of the subject (as in a hidden mother), raising the question of whether this might in fact be a post mortem. I'm not sure, but I love the strangeness. Housed