Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile color rule The lid is well attached

The lid is well attached (but be a bit gentle with it)

but would guess 18th c

ink strong and completely readable

Idleness is the ruin of man

and would be inclined to hang it on the wall

Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile color rule The lid is well attachedI'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