Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug culture indigenous to the Brazilian

culture indigenous to  the Brazilian Amazon and believe it likely dates to the earlyish 20th century

combined with black lacquered interiors as is the case here

the metal shows some age as one would want it to

I believe following the lead of an instructor who wrote the phrase first at the top of each page

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug culture indigenous to the BrazilianThe flat sky aqua blue ground on this c. 1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me, combined with its perfect housing, as it always has been, in this 1 6th plate daguerreotype case, the gold foiled mat of which really makes his gold watch chain pop. To me he looks like a banker, keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments, too and quietly plotting what's next! The small water stain running from his eye to the edge