Antique Tintype Portrait of Lovely, Serious Looking Girl Resting Elbow wire work basket which shows pretty amazing greening

which shows pretty amazing greening

which would be used to tag deliveries of freshly caught fish to the businesses that would sell them--in this case a variety of fishmongers in seaport districts of Manhattan and Boston

and on the lower right appears to be a signature in red--a rarity among pith paintings as I understand it

which I believe are earlier

with a nice surface patina

Antique Tintype Portrait of Lovely, Serious Looking Girl Resting Elbow wire work basket which shows pretty amazing greeningHere's another antique photo that won me for the empathic nature of its subject in this case an antique tintype of young girl who looks self possessed and headstrong and I must say reminds me very much of my 7 or 8 year old self! I love that she appears to be in a world of her own thought, and I see a quiet confidence and grace in the lean of her elbow and drape of her hand. Plus, a pretty great dress, which she wears with attitude. I do feel like