Companions: Waiting at the Gate Cyanotype Postcard with Pasted Photo + Charcoal Portrait mohogany well stuffed and no loose

well stuffed and no loose seams

with a little wear/loss around the bases

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old and stable and not an obstacle to the use of the board (in fact it actually enhances the center line

Companions: Waiting at the Gate Cyanotype Postcard with Pasted Photo + Charcoal Portrait mohogany well stuffed and no looseI found these together and am pretty much certain it is the same woman captured in the cyanotype real photo postcard as in the charcoal portrait at right. Whether a photo of her brother or young husband pasted opposite her on the postcard I'm not completely sure, but I'd like to think the latter, and that she's been waiting at the gate for him to arrive home! And then the charcoal portrait in combination makes it seem as if she's been eager to share a