Button Boy - Daguerreotype
"Cute as a Button!" also "Bright as a Button!" are both 19th century popular phrases. Although the origins of the first are harder to understand than the second (brass buttons are bright) both of these phrases came to mind when I found our latest daguerreotype addition. I find this little man both cute and bright even though he moved his head a bit during the exposure. Love the painted background with the light rays around his head and the strange rows of buttons on his shirt.
Button Boy - Daguerreotype
"Cute as a Button!" also "Bright as a Button!" are both 19th century popular phrases. Although the origins of the first are harder to understand than the second (brass buttons are bright) both of these phrases came to mind when I found our latest daguerreotype addition. I find this little man both cute and bright even though he moved his head a bit during the exposure. Love the painted background with the light rays around his head and the strange rows of buttons on his shirt.