That IS nice. It looks more like what were known as "crayon portraits" than a tintype. Crayon portraits were those horrid things done over lightly exposed photographic images to make portraits. Same process at work here, but tintype. Always nice to see a primitive painter at work, even if he is "cheating" on iron. Thanks!
When I first saw the listing, at first glance it almost had a Mexican ex-voto feel to it because the figures in the space are smaller than what I'm used to seeing these portraits and it feels more like a scene. Sure wish I got this one, but I was blown out of the water!
That IS nice. It looks more like what were known as "crayon portraits" than a tintype. Crayon portraits were those horrid things done over lightly exposed photographic images to make portraits. Same process at work here, but tintype. Always nice to see a primitive painter at work, even if he is "cheating" on iron.
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When I first saw the listing, at first glance it almost had a Mexican ex-voto feel to it because the figures in the space are smaller than what I'm used to seeing these portraits and it feels more like a scene. Sure wish I got this one, but I was blown out of the water!
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