Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype set of bowls A sort of haunting specter

A sort of haunting specter of another era

it feels both ancient and decidedly modern

Virginia was featured in the Washington Post in December of 1985 as the perfect thing to buy for oneself during tree-trimming season

I might guess this--and perhaps also the round hole in his cheek--indicate that he was constructed from wood salvaged from something else

which had been attacked by plague

Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype set of bowls A sort of haunting specterI am completely taken with this antique cyanotype formally, as well as in terms of all the information that is packed into it, and for the way our elusive subject is turned away from us and forever veiled behind her beaded screen, with this curtain splitting the image into two parts in a bit of a Baroque manner. And what a chock lot of patterns and styles going on, with a fantastic degree of detail to the portrait and plate on the corner shelf,