Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype wood puppet head as there is another layer

as there is another layer of brown hair peeking out at the back of his neck

No real matter I think as he's a great looking shelf-sitter

I would frame this straight away and never tire of looking at it

The more Victorian era naive drawings and watercolors I look at

it would be pretty great just sitting on the counter

Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype wood puppet head as there is another layerI've been paying more attention to hand painted folk art tintypes of late, and this one is exactly why wonderfully strange! I do think the face on this baby looked a little like the face of an old man to begin with, but the painted blue eyes very much contribute to it, and the pinking of those downturned lips, too. And then these wonderful graphite drawn hands, like little paws resting on a big belly! With charming white painted lace collar and cuffs,