Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame lead shot just two words: "beau garçon"

just two words: "beau garçon" (but with the wrong accent on the c I believe)

there appears to be some fraktur style lettering done in black ink on the reverse

most letters several times over written in different colors of crayon

with a hanging loop at top center

Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame lead shot just two words: "beau garçon"(Photos do no justice, this is all about presence, and all those layered bits of leather are much more beautiful in hand.) Anyway I had to live with this special one for a while; I had a deep, very visceral response to it when first I saw it, and still do as much a thing to feel as to look at it. (And smell that leather, too!) Our pink cheeked fellow is forever enclosed here (I want to say encrusted, too), with leather bits overlapping the cased