c. 1870 Microphotograph of Blood Cells Under Microscope, Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Pepperell MA (2 of 2) Lilley so as to be useable

so as to be useable right away as a frame

I believe it was likely a piece by Homer Gunn (1919-2001)

The latest--and I think greatest--find reflecting my predilection for representations of pipes

and even a tiny figure I assume represents a dwarf (as well as a man with a very large belly

with handle

c. 1870 Microphotograph of Blood Cells Under Microscope, Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Pepperell MA (2 of 2) Lilley so as to be useableI don't know a whole lot about microphotography or about blood cells either, really! but I know that this is a microphotograph (a photograph taken under a microscope) of blood, and that is was produced by Dr. S. W. Fletcher of Pepperell, MA c. 1870s. (Included in documentation is another from the set this came from, that one mounted with printed attribution on the board.) I've learned that William Henry Fox Talbot (18001877) was taking photographs