SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype A.M King as if they are old

as if they are old friends and this happens everyday

and I did a little mending of a few gaps up his sides to keep him holding together

or patience

All three though were hand-painted

I love a peacock

SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype A.M King as if they are oldI've developed such an attraction to1 9th c. full plate tintypes with hand painted details, each with its own particular character, and more often than not with a compelling strangeness and intensity, and I think is very much the case here. This one for me is all about this woman, with her wide, soulful eyes staring straight at into! us, with her straight lipped mouth giving nothing away. And with that soulful intensity perfectly enhanced further