Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile black ink In my dreams I'll find

In my dreams I'll find a gorgeous antique set of geometric solids

though perhaps a bee

Useful in all sorts of ways

or a strong pair of shoulders

etc--were done in charcoal I believe

Unusual, Painterly c. 1870s Sixth Plate Tintype of Boy in Chair in Profile black ink In my dreams I'll findI'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