SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype african american portrait Blue ballpoint pen on cream

Blue ballpoint pen on cream paper

with a platform to boot so one might arrange all sorts of other little things around as desire

7 3/4" tall x 10 1/4" wide

and the Joe D who signed it was certainly invested in it

SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype african american portrait Blue ballpoint pen on creamI'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