Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" china paint easily opened with a tiny

easily opened with a tiny flathead screwdriver

heart shaped nose

with a little surface scratching at far left

Perfect filled with roasted Brussels sprouts

I'm not entirely certain the various printmaking processes involved in producing it

Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" china paint easily opened with a tinyThe caption here tells us its a Colonial era parlor scene, and it seems clear that the woman at the center of the image (with an insane looking bright red smile) is giving a curtsy (a courtesy), but the way in which the photographic image has faded while the painting over top has remained turns the whole thing quite surreal. (Which one might say this sort social ceremony was is to begin with!) There is also a woman in white in the background who keeps