Tintype of boy seated in front of painted maritime scene in paper presentation enclosure

tintype

PHOTOGRAPHS - TINTYPES
Bon Ton Tin Type Rooms
USA, RI, Watch Hill
metal; paper
overall: 4-3/4 x 3-1/8 in. (folded); image: 3 x 2-1/2 in.

Photograph; tintype of boy seated in front of painted maritime scene in paper presentation enclosure; boy is wearing a hat, coat has scalloped color, painted scene behind has lighthouse, square-rigger rounding point and waves rolling in to beach; pink paper presentation enclosure folded to cover picture, printed on inside of enclosure "The Bon Ton/ TIN - TYPE - ROOMS/ WATCH HILL, R.I." Printed on envelope (now in correspondence files) "Picture of Ed./ when a boy."

2005.7.32