Dark and Moody Early Tintype of Two China Dolls and their Bed British playing cards Terrific combo of silver knight

Terrific combo of silver knight against that green paint

was used and shows age

as there is a bit of white showing though in a couple of spots near the mouth and the weight and feel seems right

This is among a several drawings I purchased together by Dr

Early 20th century I'd think

Dark and Moody Early Tintype of Two China Dolls and their Bed British playing cards Terrific combo of silver knightDoesn't get much moodier than this one, feeling almost like a post mortem of these two dolls! Early photographs of girls with their dolls are not too hard to come by, but much rarer to find portraits of dolls alone, and here a pair, both with painted porcelain heads and porcelain arms, but slightly different from one another (I'd call the one at left the older sister!) And with what looks like a doll bed behind them, which they are leaning up against.