Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant carved ornament and at the center

and at the center

with lots of wear/loss to the green paint of the door stop and his black shoes

drawing connections between simple folded shapes and things in the world--the moments abstraction and representation/signification meet

1 1/2” t x 3/4” w and in very good antique condition

Photos do no justice to the richness of the colors

Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant carved ornament and at the centerI'm not altogether certain how to untangle this one, but it appears to me to be a tintype photo of an earlier watercolor, I presume a portrait miniature but perhaps it is a tintype of a daguerreotype of a painting (??) And I love the mystery and ambiguity of it in many respects; while sharing qualities of post mortem daguerreotypes, where infants were carefully laid out in a similar manner here on what looks like a chaise, with a curtain draped behind