Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin pottery face especially considering their age and

especially considering their age and fragility (and I do think the backs are nearly as lovely as the fronts

Larger approx 1 3/4" w x 1 1/2" t

Records show that Dorothy and her brother Paul

which a note from the seller called its original frame

Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin pottery face especially considering their age andI have no information about the subject of this painting, but I think it's a wonderful portrait, and personally I like the craquelure and paint loss revealing the mirror like surface of the shiny tin underneath, making it feel at the more atmospheric. Between her dress and her hair I think mid 19th c., and it seems the black neck ribbon and pink bow with brooch may be signifiers identifiers of some sort, but I'm not entirely certain what they tell us