1/4 AMBROTYPE SAD LADY AMAZING TINTED DRESS HOLDING PHOTO PIP MOURNING? 1800s Cigarette Maybe it's a map of

Maybe it's a map of a claim along with a $5000 bag of gold or silver

and the case can be kind of hard to open

which should be apparent in the provided scan

a well-known engraver and copper-plate printer

however from at certain sharp angles there is a light diagonal line through the image

1/4 AMBROTYPE SAD LADY AMAZING TINTED DRESS HOLDING PHOTO PIP MOURNING? 1800s Cigarette Maybe it's a map of1 4 ambrotype of a woman in a tinted blue dress holding a cased ambrotype in her lap it looks like a 1 4 plate ambrotype of a man wearing a suit. Her face is kind of sad, the image she is holding is possibly that of her deceased husband. Nice, hinged Moroccan leather case, with light wear, VG antique condition. The image is in very good or better antique condition; there is a little crack on the cover glass but it's not heavy, and is stable, not