Tag: maryland

A Simple Act of Common Humanity

April 15, 2020

I was brimming with excitement when I picked up this early portrait of Emily Theresa Boone of Bryantown, Maryland at a local antique mall.  I believe it’s considered a chalk or pastel piece.  The artist likely completed it based on an earlier daguerreotype or ambrotype photograph.  Emily appears to be around thirteen years old which … More A Simple Act of Common Humanity

The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Form

June 18, 2018

I couldn’t resist purchasing this carte de visite.  After all, Charles and Eliza Nestel were from my hometown, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  They are buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, also the resting place of my Great Grandparents, Chester and Grace Shenfeld. The cdv photographer, Norval Busey, opened his Baltimore, Maryland studio on Charles Street, in 1870, when … More The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Form