Tall, Intense Looking Man with Spindle Back Side Chair, 1850s-60s Tintype Under Glass in Foil Wrap victorian silver tea ball held (still

held (still

55 specimens total)

Of course Barnum's beauties were complete inventions

Among so many other things I find it hard to resist a pretty brush

Tall, Intense Looking Man with Spindle Back Side Chair, 1850s-60s Tintype Under Glass in Foil Wrap victorian silver tea ball held (stillI believe this is a tintype rather than an ambrotype, behind glass with gold toned mat and wrap. I love portraits of people and their chairs, especially early ones, and especially when subject and chair reflect upon and enliven one another in interesting ways, as I think is the case here. I have a hard time imagining this very tall and quite intense looking (those eyes look blazing!) man sitting comfortably, let alone still, in this by comparison very