Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy Jadwiga Super handy for enacting politically

Super handy for enacting politically inspired puppet shows or just satisfying the desire to manipulate a despot

pink rubber visible on one side and heavy cast metal on the the other

And I'd guess birds flying about it

and the court cards bearing images of historical figures associated with that continent

as is the case with this one

Unusual Early Daguerreotype Depicting Folk Art Drawing of Young Boy Jadwiga Super handy for enacting politicallyI'm finding myself more and more drawn to things that feel mysterious and elusive, and this feels very much that. It's a sixth plate daguerreotype of a naive graphite drawing depicting a young child in profile with eyes closed and small hands in their lap, suggesting perhaps it was a postmortem drawing (?) though with a gentle sweetness that makes it seem as if he was just poised for bedtime. It appears to have been hand tinted, adding just a blush of