Hand-tinted Antique Tintype Portrait of Handsome Man with Wild Hair Chewing Twig South Carolina landscape ” “The Blind Boy and

” “The Blind Boy and the Loon

but the wood panel on the backside is easily removed to fill the frame with other things

parenthetically described as chimney sweeps--with the hand-written quote on the back of the paper making one wonder whether the drawing portrays friends or lovers lost

with its extraordinarily expressive face and posture

Hand-tinted Antique Tintype Portrait of Handsome Man with Wild Hair Chewing Twig South Carolina landscape ” “The Blind Boy andI have quite a crush on this young man, who I have to think was a bit of an eccentric, or rather a rebel, with this fantastic unkempt hair, terrific plaid trousers and look closely a twig hanging poking out of the corner of his mouth. At least I assume it is a chewing twig, though it looks a bit like a cherry stem, in which case I'd like to think he has cleverly knotted the other end with his tongue!:) Late 19th century I believe, with his pink cheeks