Haunting 1860s Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Headless Civil War Soldier quebec folk art Image size approx 18 1/8"

Image size approx 18 1/8" x 12 5/8"

and structurally super sturdy

with one hole at the top center of each for hanging

but here’s a deciphering of one section

with beautifully shaped turned and black painted wood handle and natural bristles at the end

Haunting 1860s Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Headless Civil War Soldier quebec folk art Image size approx 18 1/8"A 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)