Thinking of setting a novella in the 1840s because I love the fashion. Had a happy accident with Photostop blend modes with this 1840s Daguerreotype restoration.
Wikimedia Credits: “Mme Riesener, avec voile noir. Photographie de Léon Riesener (1842-1846). Daguerréotype, 1842-1846. Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais.”
Inspired by a 1909 photograph by Clarence H. White (public domain via Wikimedia Commons).
I wish I knew the story of this tintype from 1860-1870 (AI restored)
AI restoration of a Victorian photograph by Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822–1865). I’ve struggled to restore it in the past and gave up. I’m so glad to finally see it pulled from its faded shadows.
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