Haunting 1860s Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Headless Civil War Soldier quebec folk art with one hole at the

with one hole at the top center of each for hanging

but here’s a deciphering of one section

I find it quite a stunning portrait

with this incredible smiling face

Haunting 1860s Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Headless Civil War Soldier quebec folk art with one hole at theA very dark thing for certain, and to me quite a poignant one. I believe this is an ambrotype, and certainly its is a Civil war soldier in Union uniform captured in the image, whose head, through some combination of damage and the effects of time, I assume just chance occurrence, appears transformed into a cloud of smoke. About as haunting a portrait, and portrait of the effects of war, as I might imagine. Sold as found in case (missing opposite side)