Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait (I might lay it on

(I might lay it on its side in a gesture of trying to slow things down

with a fold line down the center

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

5 3/4" l x 2 1/4" w x 2 1/8"d and in good

with these thin black threads tethering the two together

Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait (I might lay it onTo 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.