Side Glancing Woman in a Bonnet, 19th C. Sixth Plate Tintype of Folk Art Painting old cultivator with the wood now showing

with the wood now showing darker on the front and lighter on the back of the chair

chipping to the paint as obvious and these definitely spent some time out on a marquee

to the carved face and hat

" I'm not quite sure what is "solar" about the tip

is in great overall condition

Side Glancing Woman in a Bonnet, 19th C. Sixth Plate Tintype of Folk Art Painting old cultivator with the wood now showingThe 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