Intense Looking Woman with Lighthouse, Beautifully Spare and Stark Antique Tintype cardboard box Kits like this were often

Kits like this were often produced as advertising give aways--this one is stamped "Fred M

Few things feel as purely good to me as a big box of unsharpened yellow pencils

great vintage condition with a nice patina

such that the lid slides smoothly and fits super snugly--just right--protecting the figure (and symbol of the US Federal government) for what one hopes is a release and revivification near at hand

visible especially in the pink and blue of the sky

Intense Looking Woman with Lighthouse, Beautifully Spare and Stark Antique Tintype cardboard box Kits like this were oftenThis 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".