printmaker and highly influential illustrator
The lines extending from each cannon represent cannon fire as it would hit oncoming armies
Her body forms a base such that the carving can stand upright
and terminates in points where it ends midway down the sides of the basket
Just for fun--and I think Ethel Rack was most definitely fun
Laura, Twice Removed -- Antique Photo of Cut Paper Silhouette in Original Frame old drawings printmaker and highly influential illustratorI believe this is an antique photo of an early cut paper silhouette, I'm guessing the original silhouette c. 1840s, and the photo late 19th c. I love photographs of portraits rendered in other (earlier) media, translating likenesses from one media genre to another and carrying them forward. With lovely scalloped edge to the lace collar, and eyelashes visible. The color is a silvery gray, which, along with the negative of the collar, makes it feel al