Lone Horseman Under Smoky Sky, Beautiful and Evocative Antique Tintype watercolor of violets parrots I guess

parrots I guess

which makes me happy every time I look at it

Both inside and out

slightly irregular in shape and with what looks like a bit of light staining/toning to the white paint at the lower far right side

and those three pink chimneys

Lone Horseman Under Smoky Sky, Beautiful and Evocative Antique Tintype watercolor of violets parrots I guessOne of two tintypes today purchased from a favorite dealer in Cohoes, NY and total love at first sight with this one, which the dealer referred to as "The Lone Horseman." Indeed. And while most everything feels existential to me these days, certainly this portrait of a very solitary seeming, very young (Native?) man in his hat on his horse out in the land with smoky looking sky sure does. The smoky swirls of the sky appear to be a flaw of development,