Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype fire rescue postcard landscapes

landscapes

I simply could not walk away from the painted wooden palette held inside this antique painter's box--honestly it's just about the most beautiful palette I've seen

so it is also a puzzle to be solved

which I really love for its folkiness

Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype fire rescue postcard landscapesOne of my favorites of the week, purchased from a favorite dealer in Cohoes, NY, whose shop is a treasure trove of interesting things, including tons of photographs. A bit subtle perhaps, but it is I think the subtlety here that makes it: looks to my eye very much as though she is pointing a knife straight at the man beside her, who I certainly take for her husband! The look on her face seems to match her gesture 100% perfectly calculatingly placid,