Ernest Looking Young Woman in Profile, Full Plate Antique Tintype actress playing cards hence the familiar feeling

hence the familiar feeling

including this terrific large tabletop chest

and this one I think stands as a quite an interesting

) that there was no way I could leave it behind--and I'd put a photograph of my favorite person in the world inside of it

with the shape of the legs

Ernest Looking Young Woman in Profile, Full Plate Antique Tintype actress playing cards hence the familiar feelingIt's not very often I come across a full plate tintype where the subject was posed in profile. And I find this quite a striking portrait, which feels, too, quite contemporary in its spareness. And the combination of her crisp white collar and the loose sleeves her dress evoke a judge in robe for me and of course the Supreme Court is on my mind! With a very earnest looking face and seeming almost to be biting her lower lip as if deliberating! To my