Intense Looking Woman with Lighthouse, Beautifully Spare and Stark Antique Tintype mournful While one certainly sees much

While one certainly sees much more dramatic (Frankenstein-ian

A good amount of variation in darkness of ink on printed pages but completely readable throughout

The seller I purchased this from was all about the very rare

Closed: 7 3/4" x 2"

Writing along the bottom a bit faded but readable

Intense Looking Woman with Lighthouse, Beautifully Spare and Stark Antique Tintype mournful While one certainly sees muchThis is the sort of tintype portrait I love most: stark looking subject, spare (and also quite painterly) sort of image. Here with just the edge of a lighthouse (a painted backdrop I assume) making it into the frame. Some sort of apron (?) stretched across her lap, wedding ring exposed on those long fingers, cloth in the other hand. She looks a bit like a bird, and also makes me think of both Emily Dickinson and Georgia O'Keefe. 3 3 16" x 2 3 8".