airform archives: somewhere between a bell and a book...

Monday, October 20, 2008

somewhere between a bell and a book...

man with bell and book 1870's

a cdv from the 1880's that arrived in the mail last week, picturing a man carrying the essential needs of a wanderer...

Labels: bell, book, cdv

3 Comments:

Unknown said...: if he'd taken a little more care he could have had a lovely symmetry between the angle of the book, the bell and the V of his watch chain - the third essential.
jeremy; 1:16 PM
sroden said...: well, as it is him arms and the "V" make a nice "M"... hopefully the watch is broken because one can't wander on real time...; 5:03 PM
ArtSparker said...: Missing the candle...at least, he looks supernatural to me.; 7:13 PM