Man in Bowler with Pointer, Moody Antique Cabinet Card, Red Bank, NJ amusement that the softness and mystery

that the softness and mystery of it is due to the fact that it is a sandpaper painting--a  technique popular in the mid 19th century

6 1/4" x 3 5/8" and in very good condition

These are well loved

very wonderfully so

enamel painter

Man in Bowler with Pointer, Moody Antique Cabinet Card, Red Bank, NJ amusement that the softness and mysteryI just love these too, who seem very right for each other, both with a quiet intensity look at their eyes. Something too about how this man holds one hand in the other, with the pinky free on the held one, and then a pinky ring on the other as if an offset. Feels like there is a bit of underlying tension here, waiting to be released! An a nice moodiness about the hole photo too. (Andrew R.) Coleman photographer, Red Bank, NJ, last decade 19th century