On the Path, Forever Elusive, Liminal Feeling Antique Sepia Paper Print design learning Seems right to be drawing

Seems right to be drawing a caboose late in life and I really like the straight on

And very sweet hand-tatted lace trim around the perimeter

there is a bit of unevenness to the metallic black glaze

it is open on the sides and top

it seems well suited to house a lion or tiger behind those screens (though would also make a great cricket cage

On the Path, Forever Elusive, Liminal Feeling Antique Sepia Paper Print design learning Seems right to be drawingA dream of a photo to my eye, super atmospheric and with this woman on her path lingering forever just beyond focus, in the realm of the unknowable. And the whole image enhanced by the sepia tonality, which makes time of day, season, etc. feel elusive hovers like a portrait of liminality itself. 4 1 8" x 3 1 16". Good condition, c. 1900 I believe, mounted to black paper.