Woman in Mourning Dress, Hand-tinted Tintype, c. 1860s arabic Pierre Lorillard is said to

Pierre Lorillard is said to have been New York’s first millionaire

though he was certainly much loved for a good bit of his long life

These old slide lids with heavy blocks inside are notorious for splitting

which I would guess was taken on the occasion of this wonderful looking girl's First Communion

combined with the naïveté

Woman in Mourning Dress, Hand-tinted Tintype, c. 1860s arabic Pierre Lorillard is said toNot my particular expertise, but I certainly take this as a portrait of a woman in deep mourning, and believe it is an early one, c. 1860s developed with little attention to the lower portion of the photo with the expectation of being cased. (?) With hand painting on her cheeks and lips and rich blacks against cold gray ground; she very much feels as if she is right here, and perhaps encircled with the spirit presence of her lost one! 3 9 16 x 2 5 16