Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame textures I'd assume from high school

I'd assume from high school

and a nice patina

I think this is just about a perfect object

Happiness inducing for sure

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame textures I'd assume from high schoolThe flat sky aqua blue ground on this c. 1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me, combined with its perfect housing, as it always has been, in this 1 6th plate daguerreotype case, the gold foiled mat of which really makes his gold watch chain pop. To me he looks like a banker, keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments, too and quietly plotting what's next! The small water stain running from his eye to the edge