Whole plate ambrotype portrait of an aged woman holding a book or a cased image in her lap and wearing a bonnet. She rests her arm on the top of the small round table next to her. (Some wear and variation to emulsion, image a bit dark, spotting to mat.) Housed in a leatherette case which allows the image to be viewed from front and back (surface wear, closure clasps with loss). -- Half plate ambrotype portrait of an aged gentleman. (Chemical darkening to edge, spotting, wear to emulsion in places, spotting to mat.) Housed in a thermoplastic frame with cherub and drape motif (some losses to corners). -- Together, 2 ambrotype portraits of older subjects.