antique 1870s tintype photo funny looking! but cute kid mother hidden by mat doctor with period writing in ink

with period writing in ink beneath:

with Plumbe's basket of flowers design on the covers

Tripp of Lancaster

but if you have other thoughts

with one tintype having an obvious scratch

antique 1870s tintype photo funny looking! but cute kid mother hidden by mat doctor with period writing in inkOriginal 1870s tintype photo, funny looking little boy wearing a dress.. he was probably a bit scared. He's clearly seated in the lap of his mother or the photographer's assistant, but most of her face is hidden by the mat edge; judging from the size of the tintype on the back, I think quite a bit more of her face would be visible underneath the mat, but I didn't want to separate them. Mount is 4" x 2. 5". Tintype is in very good or better antique