Stern Man with Bible Against Absurd Backdrop, Antique Tintype Portrait watercolor illustration it was likely as a

it was likely as a gift for a sweetheart back at home

This handmade model Buffalo train station was surely once part of a model train set up

including mention of the investiture of a Rev

who made this large drawing I believe in the 1950s or so

one mouse's plug is just little bit loose--meaning they might be safest perched on a shelf or just decoratively on the table

Stern Man with Bible Against Absurd Backdrop, Antique Tintype Portrait watercolor illustration it was likely as aWhen I look at photographs it is pretty much all about content, and I do like to imagine what was going on at the moment a photo was taken. This tintype is beautifully crisp and clear, but what I love about it is the absurd juxtaposition between this very sober looking man holding up his bible and the almost Rococo studio backdrop with painted roses (one imagines they were pink) arching over him from one side and emerging again just behind his right