Side Glancing Woman in a Bonnet, 19th C. Sixth Plate Tintype of Folk Art Painting ink landscapes Around the perimeter of each

Around the perimeter of each canister

since auld lang syne

The longest measures 4 3/4" long

Based on similar examples I have seen

especially for someone in a period of transition

Side Glancing Woman in a Bonnet, 19th C. Sixth Plate Tintype of Folk Art Painting ink landscapes Around the perimeter of eachThe latest example in my ongoing quest for photographs of paintings and what a face on this woman, carried forward from folk art painted portrait to tintype, and with the smoky ground, lighter hard left edge, and clipped corners making it feel almost as if she were trapped inside a box forever! I love her side cast gaze, and prominent nose, and pinkened cheeks, but most of all I love the play between the ruffle of her bonnet as it crosses her forehead