Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile color rule but I might be inclined

but I might be inclined to frame it as is--c

Approx 7 3/4" long x 7 7/8" tall x 4 3/4" wide

10 1/2" x 6" x 7 1/8" t and in very good

The lid is well attached (but be a bit gentle with it)

Idleness is the ruin of man

Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile color rule but I might be inclinedI'm always drawn to painterly sort of photographs ones that feel all about tone and composition and atmosphere, and this is very much one of those, so moody dreamy. And an unusual one, with this young man seated facing sideways in his chair, rumpled drop cloth underneath feels as if capturing an in between moment, waiting and thinking, before an actual frontal portrait were to be taken. Lovely and poetic. 4 1 4" x 2 5 8". Light surface scratching as