THE PAINTED TINTYPE:

One of the best folk art painted tintypes I have had/seen. Remarkable quality with a surreal feel to it. A well mustachioed man sits reflectively alone on a rock on Ocean Beach with the famed Cliff House behind him.

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Though these were found separately, the plate size and unusual mountainous lake backgrounds are more/less the same and the sitters make a nice “marriage.”

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Charming portrait of a young red-headed boy in a dress atop a wonderful green floorcloth.

Why is this boy in a dress? "Until about 1920, boys would wear dresses until they were ‘breeched’. i.e. given their first outfit which included breeches or trousers. Breeching happened from the age of about four to eight-years-old, and varied according to different eras and families."

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A remarkable capture and painting! Looks like William Matthew Prior could have painted this one. Because of the exposure time it was unusual to capture a person in such delight, crisply. Plus the baby is fully naked, save for the cloth diaper.

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Unusual for the amount of people within one tintype and for being outside of the studio. The folk art painting over it, with the symmetrically placed flowers in the foreground is great.

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A striking portrait of an unknown Union soldier.

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An asymmetrical-symmetrical double portrait of two brothers holding books. It's the subtle compositional details that sometimes make all the difference—one holds the book horizontal, one vertical.

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An exceptionally rare find. African American painted portraits are quite rare, a mother and child is especially so. The baby is quite wonderfully painted with big cheeks and small arms. Note that the painter neglected the mother's right hand, opting to paint the full cuff of the sleeve rather than her hand.

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A rare portrait of three siblings, three redheads (less than 2% of the population) on a red velvet sofa. The vibrant green floorcloth remins one of the floors of folk art painter of Joseph H Davis.

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This is quite an image. A young girl or maybe more appropriately a "tween." The casualness of her pose, I would imagine for the time was a little provocative—she sort of reminds me of an "Olympia" figure. Though not nude, her eyes are confrontational and the relaxed pose is a little unsettling. The imagined bushy background reinforces her as a dryad or tree nymph.

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Striking portrait of a young girl on a Windsor Chair. She holds a thoughtful gaze and is adorned with matching gold and ruby earrings and necklace. A multi-colored checkered sash, or blanket rests across her waist and under her hands. A very beautiful image.

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Though not a painted tintpe—tintype of a woman housed in a small single carved block of wood fashioned into a pendant. Paired with a woven hair chain. Very cool and unique object.

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