Intense Looking Woman with Lighthouse, Beautifully Spare and Stark Antique Tintype mournful It seems possible that there

It seems possible that there was once something behind the cutout but I don't know

and the birds facing in every direction

and painted mural of woman in bathing costume at right

While one certainly sees much more dramatic (Frankenstein-ian

Putting it back together once taken apart takes some thought

Intense Looking Woman with Lighthouse, Beautifully Spare and Stark Antique Tintype mournful It seems possible that thereThis 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".