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PORTRAIT. Sequence of ninth-plate ambrotypes of a little girl wearing a very large lace scarf on her head, delicately hand-tinted; in a thermoplastic case. 1860s In one image the scarf is neatly tied and frames the girl's face; in the other image, the scarf is arranged in an almost comical manner, sloppily thrown over her head and nearly covering her face.