Sixth Plate

HE WAS CURIOUS! I can?t quite get a twist on the reason for this fellow?s expression or his slightly cocked head. Obviously, he was extremely self-confident! Maybe this was his attempt to make certain that anyone who viewed his recently taped sixth plate, which was also cleaned to remove a horizontal line of tarnish that occurred after the original glass had been cracked, would realize that he was a serious fellow. Was that a thin moustache above his lip or residue from chocolate milk he might have sipped before sitting in front of the camera? What a natty vest proclaiming his ?coolness? along with the white hanky stuffed in his jacket?s slash pocket. This was a fine character study that has aged flawlessly. The top of the leather case has gone missing.