miniature tintype boston actor posing w howard athenaeum advertising broadside georgia whose studio imprint is embossed

whose studio imprint is embossed on the velvet pad

circa 1890

unusual composition

An unusual pair of images

miniature tintype boston actor posing w howard athenaeum advertising broadside georgia whose studio imprint is embossedRare original gem tintype, showing a man (possibly the actor Joe Murphy) posing with a large broadside advertising "Seven Sisters" and the "Female Minstrels", which ran at Boston's famous Howard Athenaeum, AKA Old Howard Theatre, in August, 1861. There were possibly later showings,but that is the one confirmed date I found. Looks like the top of a hatof a person holding the sign is partially visible. Tintype is only about an inch tall. Very good