Intense Blushing Boy in Shorts in High Chair, Antique Hand-tinted Tintype swan doorstop The drawers pull out pretty

The drawers pull out pretty easily and close flush

and he definitely has a patina on him

I am finding it hard to resist antique floral watercolors these days--perhaps in part for knowing that the loveliness of spring blooms exploding everywhere at the moment will soon be gone

plus that kerchief around his neck and those big eyes that seem to be coyly checking out something (or someone

With a frame size of 8" x 5 3/4"

Intense Blushing Boy in Shorts in High Chair, Antique Hand-tinted Tintype swan doorstop The drawers pull out prettyIn his gaze, and in his posture, this boy seems to me to possess a fantastic intensity which I find quite gripping, and the image holds a sort of otherworldliness too, enhanced by the fact that his chair appears almost as if levitating! And the glow of his hand painted pink cheeks furthers a sense of some sort of possessed ness! Plus those wool shorts, and hand painted gold buttons running down the front of his dark shirt. I found this one together