A Girl and Her Falcon, Excellent 1902 Cabinet Card, Haverhill, MA hand painted postcard or re-papered

or re-papered

but the bandeau just painted on

Wonderfully worn

They come from a scarce 1808-10 work "Conchyliogie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles

Visible on back through the lamination are several pieces of tape that had been added at some point in attempt to hold it together

A Girl and Her Falcon, Excellent 1902 Cabinet Card, Haverhill, MA hand painted postcard or re-paperedI love this photo so much. Including for the fact that this young girl looks quite petrified, even while keeping her arm wrapped squarely around the back of this large falcon! Certainly it is a stuffed one, kept in the photographer's studio as a prop but the fact of it seeming to all involved like a apt prop for our girl makes me like it all the more. Perfectly executed! As mounted: 7" x 6". Photo itself: 4 7 8" x 3 3 4". All in good condition, with