Companions: Waiting at the Gate Cyanotype Postcard with Pasted Photo + Charcoal Portrait mohogany There is a bit of

There is a bit of bending to the tin along the top edge and plenty of rust on the back side but just a little  in the background on the front

and Jackson Pollock

My knowledge of 19th c

though I'm not sure I would interfere with its pretty pure perfection just as it is

There are some dark smudges against the white body

Companions: Waiting at the Gate Cyanotype Postcard with Pasted Photo + Charcoal Portrait mohogany There is a bit ofI 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