Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman fine handmade brush One often sees these losing

One often sees these losing a bit of their shape but not here

Cutouts at the top of both sides of the planter allow for stringing it to hang

written in the best printed lettering

revealing a small ruler

The yellow of the paper is more radiant in person

Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman fine handmade brush One often sees these losingYou know I love a photograph of a painting, especially a portrait a likeness rendered in one form media translated into another, carrying the subject forward, across time. And to my eye this one is pure perfection. Ultra moody, perfect framing of the frame, with a perfect contrast between the clarity of detail on the frame and the painterliness of the portrait. And the ground, which looks likely like velvet, also has a bit of the feeling of skin. I'd