Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait Maybe not a masterpiece

Maybe not a masterpiece

but the engravings in this rare volume are abundant and quite marvelous

but I found them so juicy and beautiful I had to have them--and deeply enjoyed playing around with them in order to take photos

with these thin black threads tethering the two together

with a little cracking to the hard rubber surfaces here and there

Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait Maybe not a masterpieceTo my eye a super striking and evocative antique photograph, which feels a lot like a film still, and definitely as if capturing a scene from a much longer novel: what are the stories of these four (five), and the picture taker too, and what has brought them together here? Heading west I might guess, standing for the moment in what feels quite like the dry middle of nowhere. 4 x 4 15 16 and in good antique condition, very late 19th very early 20th c.