Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype quill trinket box clown himself 10 1/2" tall

clown himself 10 1/2" tall x 2 1/2" widest

but based on

This is truly a lovely little thing

1800–1875)

I'd probably prop this piece in the windowsill

Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype quill trinket box clown himself 10 1/2" tallI am completely taken with this antique cyanotype formally, as well as in terms of all the information that is packed into it, and for the way our elusive subject is turned away from us and forever veiled behind her beaded screen, with this curtain splitting the image into two parts in a bit of a Baroque manner. And what a chock lot of patterns and styles going on, with a fantastic degree of detail to the portrait and plate on the corner shelf,