Unique Tintype Photo Sleeping Man Holding Newspaper Post Mortem or Not siblings Rousseau resigned from the army

Rousseau resigned from the army in 1865 to resume his congressional career and became a vocal advocate of President JohnsonÂ’s reconstruction policy

though the backs are rough as if they were once glued to another backing

Lot of antique photos

* Limited run through Halloween 2021 🎃

definitely better than average

Unique Tintype Photo Sleeping Man Holding Newspaper Post Mortem or Not siblings Rousseau resigned from the armyOriginal tintype of an older, bearded man, pretending? to have fallen asleep reading a newspaper, which he is holding. On his feet, which are propped up, he is wearing embroidered smoking slippers; he appears to have been warming them next to the great cast iron parlor stove on the right. An unusual and rare, great scene. *** Doubtful that this is a post mortem, though some who have seen it believe it is! Would be an incredible one, if so A light