19th C. Cabinet Card of Folk Portrait (Presumed by Ammi Phillips) of Ebenezer William Walbridge old whimsey tightly stuffed and not shedding

tightly stuffed and not shedding a bit

teaching us how to draw faces

put dress diaries on my radar

8 1/8" tall x 6 1/4" widest diameter

Lion measures 2 1/2" l

19th C. Cabinet Card of Folk Portrait (Presumed by Ammi Phillips) of Ebenezer William Walbridge old whimsey tightly stuffed and not sheddingI love an antique photograph of a painting, especially a portrait, but this one is special because I have have identified the subject and even more so because I am fairly certain this painting of him was done by now widely renowned early 19th c. itinerant New England New York folk artist Ammi Phillips. A google image search turned up exactly one useful citation an image of this particular portrait on "Find a Grave" in conjunction with the gravestone