Daguerreotype Older woman in mourning dress?
Monday, November 27, 2006
Is this a widow? Her dress may betray her, older women may have reached a fashion cul-de-sac; could the dress be thirty years old? How old is she? Click the image for more detail. Then comment, please. Click on the image.
Is this a widow? Her dress may betray her, older women may have reached a fashion cul-de-sac; could the dress be thirty years old? How old is she? Click the image for more detail. 
Three inverted stripes makes him a sergeant. Is it me or is there a sadness or forlorn look in his eyes? Smart uniform; is off to the war? A horseman or infantry? Click the image for more detail.