Woman in Mourning Dress, Hand-tinted Tintype, c. 1860s bone hat brush needlework

needlework

(Plus the word "SUPERNATURAL" in that font against that blue

and became head of its theatre school

Posts measure about 6" tall

17" l x 2" w x 3 3/4" t including figure

Woman in Mourning Dress, Hand-tinted Tintype, c. 1860s bone hat brush needleworkNot my particular expertise, but I certainly take this as a portrait of a woman in deep mourning, and believe it is an early one, c. 1860s developed with little attention to the lower portion of the photo with the expectation of being cased. (?) With hand painting on her cheeks and lips and rich blacks against cold gray ground; she very much feels as if she is right here, and perhaps encircled with the spirit presence of her lost one! 3 9 16 x 2 5 16