Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse beautiful book but think likely it came

but think likely it came from the collection of a breeder

and makes me believe late 19th c

and I especially love the facial expressions

the text is clear and completely readable

I found this special box in Great Barrington

Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse beautiful book but think likely it cameA 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,