Blushes Turned Dark Blemishes - Hand-colored Antique Ambrotype of Mother and Child male bust Drawing itself shows small scattered

Drawing itself shows small scattered stains but is overall in very good condition

These were made by lumberman

great structural condition and heavy for his size

a “very greedy woman“

each side measures 2 7/8" and the carved area measure 3 7/8" wide on the angle

Blushes Turned Dark Blemishes - Hand-colored Antique Ambrotype of Mother and Child male bust Drawing itself shows small scatteredI've always looking for antique photos and anything really made better by the chance effects of time, and this is very much one of those. I believe originally the cheeks of this mother and child were given a pink hand tinted blush, but over time that blush turned to near black, now looking like dramatic blemishes or diseases of the skin, which seem as if threatening to overtake their faces entirely. The result makes me think of Hawthorne's The