A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case hook tool if not to be used

if not to be used for a shot of something warming

with a little scattered staining and toning

and a nice weight and feel in the hand

pin cushion top

A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case hook tool if not to be usedI wish I knew more about this one an ambrotype, found in MA, of an earlier painting, which looks Revolutionary War era to me (and him a bit like John Adams!), at the center of which is the gesture of her hand on his cuff with painted gold wedding band on her finger though I must say it looks a bit to me like the fingers of her other hand, resting in her lap, are crossed! (And the gesture itself feels, perhaps cynically on my part, like a bit of a