This is a particularly interesting quarter-plate ambrotype portrait of an American boy. It is unusual because it was taken outdoors. Unfortunately the portrait is tightly focused on the boy and we can't make out any details of the farm. Outdoor photography was possible in the 1850s, but most of the images we have are indoor portraits. While we do not know who the boy is, but we know just when the portrait was taken. There is an inscription inside the case. The first two lines are illegible, at least we can't make them out. The second two limes read, "Last day of winter, February 28, 1859". We are unsure why this boy was photographed with a sheep. Perhaps his father was afarmer and he was raising it. Byr the boy seems rather stylishy dressed for a farm lad. The case had a very plain bronze fram.
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