One of the spookier Daguerreotypes from the 1800's that I’ve picked up recently, unfortunately missing the front cover housing, but the inner gold frame design still looks as beautifully bright as ever. The scratches on the silver plated copper image though add a very eerie effect to her haunted, lovely face (could she possibly be a long lost descendant of actress, Christina Ricci?), making everything about this feel a bit more moody and sinister than normal. And this of course only makes Daguerreotype Girl the picture perfect post for an already ominous October...
Its Wednesday Addams, time traveler. She took the TARDIS for a joy ride when Dr. Who wasn't looking.
ReplyDeleteThis young lady was hard core Goth before Goth was even a thing.
It's like a photo you'd hang in a house in resident evil!
ReplyDeleteI have to say I really like the fine line work in all of this, especially the cover.
Whoa, yeah, the left side of her face (her left) has gone stone clown skull. It looks like she's in Crow make-up or something, with the perfect black circle around her eye and that black line running through it. An illustration of the dual nature of a young adult: Halfway fetching pie-eating contest winner, halfway pitiless orphanage revenant.
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