Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure lion soap dish holding a cache of collected

holding a cache of collected rocks or shells

Photos really don't do justice to this one

I find our collective attachment to "relics"  fascinating in general

and the paper is in good shape

13 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 7/8” t and in beautifully much used condition

Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure lion soap dish holding a cache of collectedI've seen a number of old photos at this point with subjects cut out or scratched out or otherwise omitted, which are always interesting and invite the invention of a story but this cabinet card is just about my favorite I've ever seen, with the very committed scratching out of one of the six figures done on the negative before printing the positive. I love the intensive markmaking itself, and the way it first reads as if the very long hair of a woman