Painterly, Ethereal Old Snapshot of Young Woman with Sandcastle embossing co spelling blocks I've just learned these hand-painted

I've just learned these hand-painted jointed figures are Amos and Sandy (thus the A on the chest of the black figure)

via a handy key

and not too often early painted ones either

but sound and stable and not very fragile

just shy of 4" across at handle

Painterly, Ethereal Old Snapshot of Young Woman with Sandcastle embossing co spelling blocks I've just learned these hand-paintedI purchased this one and a number of the photos listed today from a wonderful photography collector, scholar and dealer in my neck of the wood, with this one the relative splurge among them. So winsome, and so fine and delicate feeling, with a perfect marriage between the formal qualities of the photograph and its content, as if all on the cusp of being washed away. Just lovely. 4 1 8" x 3 1 8" and in very good condition. (I do my best getting color