One Mezzotint, One Poster … Derivatives

I continuously experiment with ways to create derivative images from their original sources.

Here is a pair of photos from c. 1900, one of which was poor quality but, which had interesting enough subject matter (tugboat and clipper ship) to save and recreate as a mezzotint, the other, in need of just moderate restoration, but, whose subject matter creates some unanswerable questions.

The mezzotint

I posterized the texture effect which further adds to the mystery of the identity of the two men; only address on the cart tells me the sidewalk is in Philadelphia but after exhaustively looking for clues from the address on the cart nothing. I thought about finding the name and possibly a phone number of the current owner but after 114 years have passed, I don't know.

But, I love the curiosity the image stirs; maybe it's a better image because of it.

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