Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth gold painted school slate and also the sideward cast

and also the sideward cast of his brown eyes

like a wispy line drawing

this is a very old

A bit of bumping to corners

Heavy and super sturdy

Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth gold painted school slate and also the sideward castThese two, what a pair. The look like fortune seekers out west during the gold rush era to me, brothers or best friends I'm not sure but clearly with great ease and affection between them, and one imagines they've shared, and will yet share, some great adventures between them. Wonderful faces (how very handsome especially the young man at left), wonderfully laid back postures, and I love the visual rhyme of their crossed legs. But what especially sold