Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile color rule Large door block measures 4"

Large door block measures 4" x 3" 3/4"

but it’s the folkiness of it manifested in the figure and lock-shaped chain links that I love (I might guess American nodding to the Scandinavian manner of decoration on the bowl and handle

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

but would guess 18th c

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

Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile color rule Large door block measures 4"I'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