Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype antique book print including those stippled black whiskers

including those stippled black whiskers

a term that was not introduced until late in the 1880s

chips or cracks or other issues

whose Roshon Galleries were located at 142 North 8th Street

and a hanging loop at top

Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype antique book print including those stippled black whiskersOne of my favorites of the week, purchased from a favorite dealer in Cohoes, NY, whose shop is a treasure trove of interesting things, including tons of photographs. A bit subtle perhaps, but it is I think the subtlety here that makes it: looks to my eye very much as though she is pointing a knife straight at the man beside her, who I certainly take for her husband! The look on her face seems to match her gesture 100% perfectly calculatingly placid,