19th Century Folk Art Portrait Drawing Daguerreotype, Man with Bright Eyes vintage wooden viking many of which were done

many of which were done by artists working in New York at S

But with a little research I've learned that the Rosse who signed the underside was Jerry Rosse

I have a hard time wrapping my head around the process of so finely wrapping a bottle in woven basketry

on a desk for paperclips

19th Century Folk Art Portrait Drawing Daguerreotype, Man with Bright Eyes vintage wooden viking many of which were doneThis one I purchased from the same seller as the daguerreotype of the drawing of the child I just listed, and I believe they came from the same collection, this one also mid 1800s I believe. This image too is of what looks like a graphite drawn portrait in profile, here of a man perhaps in his 30s or so. There is some scratching to the plate and the outline of this gentleman's profile almost disappears, but in the right light it comes into clear view,