Showing posts with label boys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boys. Show all posts
12.20.2012
12.16.2012
Stallion and Man ambrotype, c. 1860s
There is no shadow on the photo, just my arm making one. It's a quarter plate ambrotype. The case is about 4" x 4.5" and made of embossed leather over wood, with tiny brass hinges and hook closures. The velvet facing the glass is a deep red with a fancy pattern. The gold frame is a coppery gold.
I love the way the man is watching the horse, and the horse is watching the man. It almost looks like a Morgan, with that muscled front.
They seem to know each other. And the man is leaning towards the horse, just slightly, holding his head still for the photo.
Longer view of the case, which is intact and in great shape, and the fancy flocked velvet facing.
No shadows, really.
There is no shadow on the photo, just my arm making one. It's a quarter plate ambrotype. The case is about 4" x 4.5" and made of embossed leather over wood, with tiny brass hinges and hook closures. The velvet facing the glass is a deep red with a fancy pattern. The gold frame is a coppery gold.
12.15.2012
Presented to Aaron R. Wheeler by the Scholars of the School of the 1st R.D. Church, Nyack, 1863.
There are 54 cartes de visite and photographs, along with 4 prints of Washington, General Grant and others, and 24 tintypes, some hand tinted. On the back inside cover is the Freemason's Chart.
The album measures 9" x 6" x 2.5" and has red and white printed endpapers, embossed leather covers, the brass remains of a double strap latch, and gold edged album pages.
There are 54 cartes de visite and photographs, along with 4 prints of Washington, General Grant and others, and 24 tintypes, some hand tinted. On the back inside cover is the Freemason's Chart.
The album measures 9" x 6" x 2.5" and has red and white printed endpapers, embossed leather covers, the brass remains of a double strap latch, and gold edged album pages.
11.16.2012
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