"Uncle Howard" with Hidden Mother Plus One, Odd and Painterly Antique Tintype 1830s mug and his head looks a

and his head looks a bit like a pumpkin

I think it is a very sweet and lovely thing

front and back

sunlit waters sailing toward the vast blue on the horizon

but I thought this was such a beautiful (and beautifully preserved) piece of cast iron

"Uncle Howard" with Hidden Mother Plus One, Odd and Painterly Antique Tintype 1830s mug and his head looks aBy far my favorite "hidden mother" tintype I've had for the strange looking baby (looks almost like an adult head collaged onto a baby's body!), and for the not one but two "hidden" figures. Happily the face of the young mother directly behind the baby is revealed in profile just to the left of the baby's head (look closely), lending a sense of playfulness to an otherwise somewhat eerie feeling image. And then another figure lingering in the shadows