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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sabre123, post: 4289583, member: 8258&quot;]I think it&#039;s what&#039;s&#039; referred to as a Crayon Portrait. Photographers would enlarge a photograph directly onto a drawing paper using an emulsion technique. It would lay down a weak image and then they&#039;d go in with charcoal or pastels. I believe it was done for a couple of reasons: enlarging photos and having them come out nice was very expensive at the time, and depending on the skill of the photographer/artist, you could really make them look like it was totally hand drawn. Some of them are pretty bad. However, this one is rather well done.</p><p><br /></p><p>Done between 1860s to early 20th century. I am not one to date this piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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