Maple Tree in Our Pasture, Antique Mounted Albumen Print antique clown toy My photos do not do

My photos do not do it justice

charming in their red

which I'd guess may be the year when he was made

in some part because the painting was done on a slice of log

which over the past 100 years or more had alligatored brilliantly

Maple Tree in Our Pasture, Antique Mounted Albumen Print antique clown toy My photos do not doI love of old photograph that honors a specific beloved tree, and even better to find a handwritten note on the back of this one identifying it as "maple tree in our pasture." And even better still the pile of stones to the left of the tree in the photograph, with a view to a stone wall in the distance, which one imagines these would soon intended to extend. Wonderful. Albumen print mounted to card. Card measures 8 1 2" x 5 1 4". Last quarter 19th c I