Yeaw & Co Antique Woman In Profile Carte de Visite (?) antique gift book Each cup" 4" tall x

Each cup" 4" tall x 3" across at handle x 1 3/4" deep

the properties of divine guardian of Shiva- Nandi

standing for Friendship

The box measures 1 3/8" square and 3/4" tall

but what a force he was

Yeaw & Co Antique Woman In Profile Carte de Visite (?) antique gift book Each cup" 4" tall xI don't know a ton about the history of photography, but this portrait strikes me as fairly unusual sort of in between an old silhouette and an early studio photograph. On the back is printed Yeaw & Co, from Lawrence, MA, which I have found a fair amount about and attributed to online, including a 1850 60s photo featuring a group of likely abolitionists standing in front of Harriet Beecher Stowe's home in Andover. It seems Albin Yeaw established