Spare and Beautifully Concise Antique Occupational Tintype: Painter with Bucket and Brush winnowing The hand-painted red stripes on

The hand-painted red stripes on these two completely delights me

and then two crosses on either side drawn over top

super sturdy and sound

my guess might be that these were done as first hand sketches out west

Box measures 7 1/2" x 4 1/4" x 1 1/8"

Spare and Beautifully Concise Antique Occupational Tintype: Painter with Bucket and Brush winnowing The hand-painted red stripes onI just can't get over how contemporary a super spare full body antique tintype portrait like this one feels and how completely present the subject thereby seems, as if one could oneself walk straight into the frame and touch him. Even better to find that starkness in an occupational photo, here with this painters profession distilled down to a drippy paint can and brush in hand. And with a clear line of white paint stain running straight across the