Man with Lost Eye, Pink Cheeks, Voluminous Coat, 19th C. Full Plate Tintype Everett Pratt folk art sight: 12 1/2 x 7

sight: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2

I don't know what it is (maybe a mold

though I think likely it is at least a bit older than that

I do believe my favorite snuff box I've ever found

Established in 1861

Man with Lost Eye, Pink Cheeks, Voluminous Coat, 19th C. Full Plate Tintype Everett Pratt folk art sight: 12 1/2 x 7Striking to see a young man with a lost eye uncovered by a patch, and the combination of it, together with his pinked cheeks and very oversized coat make him seem both deeply vulnerable but also somehow protected. (The very wide sleeves and extra long arms of that coat keep making me think of Joseph Beuys' felt suits.) To my eye there is also a sense of the surreal about it, with the fringe on the arm of the chair feeling of another (David Lynch ian)