Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse shot glass all clean lines and crisp

all clean lines and crisp geometries

There are times when I am simply incapable of not buying something

One leg has a little bit of wiggle but all all are firmly attached and it is super solid and sturdy to sit on

finely made set of "bones"

so photo shows some curl to the paper

Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse shot glass all clean lines and crispA beauty of an early photograph I think, and an iconic feeling one too, to my eye all the better for the toning of the image resulting from living most of its life with an oval mat over top, which makes it feel as if spied through a scope. I've found there is quite a bit out there written about rocking horses, which, though once the purview of the wealthy, by the mid 19th century, with the increasing prosperity brought on by the Industrial Revolution,