Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror antique french I assume) lived in Berlin

I assume) lived in Berlin during WWII

These old ones are fairly hard to find and have become pretty precious

Photos document first one

printed squares with copyright info on reverse

Early 9th Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Painting of Young Chlld with Hat and Mirror antique french I assume) lived in BerlinThe person I purchased this early ninth plate daguerreotype of a folk art painting of young child speculated that both painting and, likely the daguerreotype, too, were done by Erastus Salisbury Field (1805 1900), an itinerant folk portrait painter primarily active in the 1830's, who traveled throughout western Massachusetts and the Connecticut Valley. In about 1841, Mr. Field moved with his family to Greenwich Village, NYC, where he opened a studio,