Major Phipps on Horseback, Maryland Volunteer Infantry in Georgia, 1899 Mounted Cyanotype commemorative Estella Eeels

Estella Eeels

though pretty good in all sorts of contexts

and Agnes Nanogak

I've had a couple of old climbing toys of this manner in the shop

Right up my alley and I think just terrific

Major Phipps on Horseback, Maryland Volunteer Infantry in Georgia, 1899 Mounted Cyanotype commemorative Estella EeelsThe word "iconic" has become much overused, but this cyanotype struck me in that way, feeling like an iconic and very cinematic portrait of a soldier on horseback, with the striations to the sky behind him enhancing the effect, almost like some sort of otherwordly phenomenon of light or the aurora borealis! Happily, a handwritten note on the back of the mount provides full details: 1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry on practice march in Georgia,