Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype 1970s exhibition poster The largest block measures 4

The largest block measures 4 1/4" cubed

but most pages are quite clean

retrieved from the archive of a shoemakers workshop long since closed

and reached the height of their popularity in the form of veiled vestal virgins in the mid 19th c

A curious old jointed monkey

Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype 1970s exhibition poster The largest block measures 4This antique tintype amazes me for how completely contemporary these four look. And, as I've noted before, I find that stark tintypes like this, more than any other sort of photographs, make the subjects feel as if they are just right here in the room, hearts beating. What a gang of four, immediately making me think of Clockwork Orange, and with the young man at top left and lower right especially seeming as if just walked out of a Peter Hujar