Intense Blushing Boy in Shorts in High Chair, Antique Hand-tinted Tintype curves modern and earthy all rolled

modern and earthy all rolled into one

but this one struck me as quite lovely and nicely done

and was done by a Mary Ann James

a dog with a ball

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Intense Blushing Boy in Shorts in High Chair, Antique Hand-tinted Tintype curves modern and earthy all rolledIn his gaze, and in his posture, this boy seems to me to possess a fantastic intensity which I find quite gripping, and the image holds a sort of otherworldliness too, enhanced by the fact that his chair appears almost as if levitating! And the glow of his hand painted pink cheeks furthers a sense of some sort of possessed ness! Plus those wool shorts, and hand painted gold buttons running down the front of his dark shirt. I found this one together