Antique Tintype of Handsome Painter (?) in Overalls with Etched Order On Reverse printmaking animal hair

animal hair

a grooved metal plate on which the stencil was placed which perforated the stencil when written on with a blunt metal stylus

and would have been used for grain and flour

Perfect hung on the wall from the handle to or from a letter with the handle hanging down

detailed on the inside of the box

Antique Tintype of Handsome Painter (?) in Overalls with Etched Order On Reverse printmaking animal hairI've been trying to figure out what the text scratched into the back of this tintype might indicate but don't have an answer. It looks like an occupational photo of sorts to me, with this handsome man in bowler and paint spattered overalls suggesting perhaps a painter to me or maybe the "bust" described on the back of the tintype refers to a sculpture, and our man works in plaster. Certainly it seems like a job that is being described "Order #240"