Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype British steam liner what looks like a little

what looks like a little blue and green on the ends of the sides

divided into four sections

including brick red for the chimneys and again for the tops of the windows

whether the hand of an old display mannequin or a life sized santos I am not sure

These are among my favorite finds ever

Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype British steam liner what looks like a littleI've been paying more attention to hand painted folk art tintypes of late, and this one is exactly why wonderfully strange! I do think the face on this baby looked a little like the face of an old man to begin with, but the painted blue eyes very much contribute to it, and the pinking of those downturned lips, too. And then these wonderful graphite drawn hands, like little paws resting on a big belly! With charming white painted lace collar and cuffs,