A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case hobo to me they look as

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

I also love it for all the other things that "seconds" might connote too--seconds of time

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

but very warm and heartfelt

Altogether

A Gentle Hand (and Short Breeches!) 19th C. Ambrotype of 18th Century Painting in Half Case hobo to me they look asI 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