Old Glass Plate Negative of Presumed Earlier Portrait of Woman in Lace repetitive attached via wire

attached via wire

suggesting perhaps it was a postmortem drawing (

and adapted them into French free verse

7 3/8" x just shy of 5"

but purchased these from a New Hampshire-based seller who is

Old Glass Plate Negative of Presumed Earlier Portrait of Woman in Lace repetitive attached via wireI love things that confuse me or make me question what I'm seeing, and I also images of other images, representing multiple degrees of remove. I believe this glass plate negative most likely documents an earlier photograph, frame and all; I am not a costume expert, but the fine lace and bodice make me think 1840s, while the glass plate negative did not come into common use until several decades later. One can just make out the flutter of her