Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant 1853 hippodrome from the Marbles

from the Marbles

The person I purchased this from described him as a little lamb

The tag still attached to this carving when I purchased it identifies it as being the work of Daniel Weetaluktuk (1951-1984)

standing straight and sturdy

Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant 1853 hippodrome from the MarblesI'm not altogether certain how to untangle this one, but it appears to me to be a tintype photo of an earlier watercolor, I presume a portrait miniature but perhaps it is a tintype of a daguerreotype of a painting (??) And I love the mystery and ambiguity of it in many respects; while sharing qualities of post mortem daguerreotypes, where infants were carefully laid out in a similar manner here on what looks like a chaise, with a curtain draped behind