Major Phipps on Horseback, Maryland Volunteer Infantry in Georgia, 1899 Mounted Cyanotype Logan drake across the days of April

across the days of April 6-8

My photo lighting picks up every tiny imperfection on the silver-plate

The wood is in excellent condition and the box is in excellent structural condition

found in southern Maine

Major Phipps on Horseback, Maryland Volunteer Infantry in Georgia, 1899 Mounted Cyanotype Logan drake across the days of AprilThe word "iconic" has become much overused, but this cyanotype struck me in that way, feeling like an iconic and very cinematic portrait of a soldier on horseback, with the striations to the sky behind him enhancing the effect, almost like some sort of otherwordly phenomenon of light or the aurora borealis! Happily, a handwritten note on the back of the mount provides full details: 1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry on practice march in Georgia,