Laura, Twice Removed -- Antique Photo of Cut Paper Silhouette in Original Frame old drawings with mellowed old gold paint

with mellowed old gold paint on them and a pretty medieval look about them

spiky cactus

The lines extending from each cannon represent cannon fire as it would hit oncoming armies

printmaker and highly influential illustrator

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Laura, Twice Removed -- Antique Photo of Cut Paper Silhouette in Original Frame old drawings with mellowed old gold paintI believe this is an antique photo of an early cut paper silhouette, I'm guessing the original silhouette c. 1840s, and the photo late 19th c. I love photographs of portraits rendered in other (earlier) media, translating likenesses from one media genre to another and carrying them forward. With lovely scalloped edge to the lace collar, and eyelashes visible. The color is a silvery gray, which, along with the negative of the collar, makes it feel al