Giant and Amazon, Museo Napoli, 1875 Albumen Print made in brazil with some sand/dirt in the

with some sand/dirt in the recesses between the spikes

8 1/2" x 7" x 4" t

nailing a tiny squirrel in the first tree)

Some nice crustiness to surfaces of the wood too

handmade and handpainted with 24k gold accents

Giant and Amazon, Museo Napoli, 1875 Albumen Print made in brazil with some sand/dirt in theA year or so ago I bought and sold a couple of c. 1875 Grand Tour albumen photos documenting sculptures in the Museum di Napoli (now known as the National Archaeological Museum, Naples); this past week I went back to the same dealer who had put out a few more and I snapped them right up. And though the giant and amazon lushly carved of marble here are meant to be dead, they sure look powerful and full of life to me, as if just in a momentary state of