A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case hobo perhaps in the genre of

perhaps in the genre of finger-painting:) Simple as can be

He did not manifest great force of character in gaining a livelihood but was so perservering in his efforts to gain attention and affection that he was readily granted a home and all that he required

Pennsylvania folk art watercolor in rich brown and pink--colors made I think not from pigments in a watercolor set

There are two different white paints--most are painted what I would call gallery (or pedestal) white

to me they look as if ready to head of to their first Vaudeville show

A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case hobo perhaps in the genre ofI wish I knew more about this one an ambrotype, found in MA, of an earlier painting, which looks Revolutionary War era to me (and him a bit like John Adams!), at the center of which is the gesture of her hand on his cuff with painted gold wedding band on her finger though I must say it looks a bit to me like the fingers of her other hand, resting in her lap, are crossed! (And the gesture itself feels, perhaps cynically on my part, like a bit of a