Unusual (and Very Painterly) Hybrid: 19th Century Albumen Cabinet Card Photo of Dog with Painted Backdrop vignettes The reverse is really quite

The reverse is really quite beautiful too

but it is in overall very good vintage condition

were used to store ingredients needed for betel chewing-- once a common practice in southeast Asia

with the seven gesturing hands to my eye together making for quite a satisfying composition

with ink as strong as if written yesterday and paper in good condition

Unusual (and Very Painterly) Hybrid: 19th Century Albumen Cabinet Card Photo of Dog with Painted Backdrop vignettes The reverse is really quiteAt first I took this for a photograph of a painting of a dog, but I believe in fact the portrait of the dog, and the carpet it lies on, is photographic; it is just the background that was painted. And with some blurring of the lines along the back of the dog where photo and illusion meet, yielding a very atmospheric and painterly portrait of a clearly much beloved pet. With Howard & Co.'s Plattsburgh, NY printed on the back of the cabinet card all of