Seed Pearl Necklace and Bracelets

[L Verge]

"Laurie - you do realize that the "plump, pinkish, perfect hand" you refer to is actually gloved, don't you? Abe's left hand is clutching the left glove, the glove that Dan Weinberg and Timothy Bakken referred to as a "hanky".

There is a large circular "splotch" on the dag image (not the actual daguerreotype) after the glass had been removed. This is due to being scanned with a 4x5 scanback camera in a Berkeley, California photography shop. The image where the white spotting is evident was scanned on a flatbed scanner prior to the removal of the protective mat, retainer, and glass.

This is a hand-tinted daguerreotype. Tinting was a process done for more upscale clients to add a touch of color to the photo. Mary's cheeks have been tinted. Gold was also applied on items of jewelry during the tinting process on some dags."

I'm sorry, James, but I believe you are wrong or have been given wrong information. That is no glove holding that cane; imo, it has been added in for some reason. My friend, Dan Weinberg, is correct that the other hand is holding a handkerchief (no idea why...).

I am aware of the tinting process on later 19th-century photos, but I don't believe that process was used on daguerreotypes -- and they really went out of favor fairly quickly because of ambrotypes, ferrotypes, etc. I'm going to send the link to the dag off to folks at the Center for Civil War Photography to see what they think.