Man in Bowler with Pointer, Moody Antique Cabinet Card, Red Bank, NJ amusement paper is not brittle

paper is not brittle

that the softness and mystery of it is due to the fact that it is a sandpaper painting--a  technique popular in the mid 19th century

" the Viking chieftain who became the first ruler of Normandy

Quite a scarce one

Man in Bowler with Pointer, Moody Antique Cabinet Card, Red Bank, NJ amusement paper is not brittleI just love these too, who seem very right for each other, both with a quiet intensity look at their eyes. Something too about how this man holds one hand in the other, with the pinky free on the held one, and then a pinky ring on the other as if an offset. Feels like there is a bit of underlying tension here, waiting to be released! An a nice moodiness about the hole photo too. (Andrew R.) Coleman photographer, Red Bank, NJ, last decade 19th century