Antique Ambrotype of Young Man links Real Rhinoceros Beetle Embedded in

Real Rhinoceros Beetle Embedded in Lucite

In Very Nice Condition

Height: 1 3/4"

have been found as large as 2½ feet in length

Real Black Scorpion Embedded in Lucite Pyramid

Antique Ambrotype of Young Man links Real Rhinoceros Beetle Embedded inUnframed, Gilded Metal Border Ca 1860s 2" x 2 1 2" Ambrotypes were an early form of photography using a wet plate collodion process to transfer a positive image on a sheet of glass. The back of the glass would then be painted black, or set atop a black piece of cloth to better display the image. Ambrotypes were widely used in the 1850s 1860s, until being replaced by tin types as the more common form of photography.