Lovely Young Woman Holding Book, Hand-tinted Ambrotype by J.T Williams, York PA, 1850s leg shaped Between his face and hands

Between his face and hands and marker colored red shirt and pants and feet

from the wavy lines detailing feathers to those rather crudely painted talons to the orange branch and green swath below

which the graphite drawn face makes me think of as a "her"

Dated 1900

upturned beaks

Lovely Young Woman Holding Book, Hand-tinted Ambrotype by J.T Williams, York PA, 1850s leg shaped Between his face and handsA strong, crisp 1850s ambrotype by J. Thomas Williams (as printed on the red velvet of the case), who moved to York, PA from Baltimore and established a leading studio there in the early 1850s until moving again in 1857. I just love her, looking earnest and honest and hopeful, with hand tinted pink cheeks and holding a book or case in her hand, it appears with flowers painted across the front. Sixth plate; 3 5 8" x 3 1 8" cased. Both sides of case