Woman in Mourning Dress, Hand-tinted Tintype, c. 1860s watercolor on wove Another reminder of what an

Another reminder of what an exciting hub of cross-disciplinary thinking and practice MIT has been

with pin pricks all over and all around it just making it better

medium pair 5/16" cubed

with a really nice weight

This one is a hundred times better than photos convey--the ground a somewhat darker

Woman in Mourning Dress, Hand-tinted Tintype, c. 1860s watercolor on wove Another reminder of what anNot my particular expertise, but I certainly take this as a portrait of a woman in deep mourning, and believe it is an early one, c. 1860s developed with little attention to the lower portion of the photo with the expectation of being cased. (?) With hand painting on her cheeks and lips and rich blacks against cold gray ground; she very much feels as if she is right here, and perhaps encircled with the spirit presence of her lost one! 3 9 16 x 2 5 16