Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse beautiful book and makes me believe late

and makes me believe late 19th c

We had a lot of fun testing this one prior to my listing it

where he lives and displays his carvings in a gallery at his house

but think likely it came from the collection of a breeder

No hanger on reverse but backside is flat and a a velcro tab with hanging loop

Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse beautiful book and makes me believe lateA 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,