SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype Japan NY--perhaps its maker

NY--perhaps its maker

6 3/4" t x 7" across at handle

is unmarked from what I can tell

7 5/8" x 5 5/8" and in very good condition

SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype Japan NY--perhaps its makerI'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