daguerre
http://www.filmsnotdead.com/2012/01/09/joyeux-anniversaire-daguerreotype/
i find this image more assteticly pleasing than most, i like the cracklyness that it has.
common expressionless about the image's of this time period.. there is is no crispness to this its very soft and there is a lot of noise in it, very unclean somehow, there. not sure about the subject,  are those ribbons in her hair or feathers, is that jewellery or a neck tie, there are somthings that don't need answers the un-answered questions adding to the image, but this one left me wanting.. there is a distinctness to it though, which as iv said is very pleasing.. I'm on the fence. dont know off i love it thinking it masterful or awful wanting to destroy it.. maybe a bit of both