Handsome Civil War Military Flute Player in Uniform, Scarce and Striking Antique Tintype antique tin man The drawing sits maybe a

The drawing sits maybe a quarter of an inch below its backing (along the top edge)--doesn't bother me at all so I left as is but looks like it would be very easy to open the back and adjust of desired

which looks like more of a ghost than a person

he's got incised round eyes and incised dots for whiskers

How many ways to catch a mouse

Handsome Civil War Military Flute Player in Uniform, Scarce and Striking Antique Tintype antique tin man The drawing sits maybe aI paid quite a bit for this one, but I just fell in love with him. And it struck me as a good one for the moment (thinking about protesters in Portland wearing costumes and making music in the face of the National Guard et al), and for me the flute seems like the peacemaker of instruments, leading the troops, as it were, to some resolution.) Our flutist here is Civil War era, wearing a military uniform, including fabulous plumed hat a few other