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This portrait like most tin-type portraits is unidentified. The child looks to be about 4-5 years old. The dealer describes it as a "tintype photo of a cute little boy wearing a fancy dress, nicely posed. It measures 2 1/4" wide by 3 1/2" tall." We are not convinced it was a boy. The child's hair is relatively short. The center hair part and bracelets seem to suggest a girl to us. The child wears a front buttoning dress. We are not sure if gender conventions wee involved here. Dating the image is a lkittle easier. The white stockings and CDV-size suggest the late-1860s or early-70s to us. The dress was done without a defined waist. This appears to be a outdoor portrait, we think perhaps done by an itinerant photographer. If so it is one of the earliest we have archived on HBC.
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