Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse beautiful book where a tiny figure stands

where a tiny figure stands inside looking as if waiting for a visitor

especially that creamy white

I found this special box in Great Barrington

and then pages of various colors inside--pink

and makes me believe late 19th c

Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse beautiful book where a tiny figure standsA 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,