Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman fine handmade brush with what appears to be

with what appears to be Betru__ written in gold underneath

revealing a small ruler

written in the best printed lettering

each nail on the horizontal braces running to pegged hinges

Indonesian or Vietnamese

Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman fine handmade brush with what appears to beYou 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