Man with Rocking Chair, Antique Photograph on Paper handmade bowl I have wall to wall

I have wall to wall

Altogether pretty fabulous I think

otherwise excellent

or repairs

Definitely 19th century and I'd guess more Civil War era than end of the century

Man with Rocking Chair, Antique Photograph on Paper handmade bowl I have wall to wallFor me this photograph seems like perfect fodder to spur a novel; I really want to know everything about this white bearded man in his black suit seeming a bit self conscious posing in what looks to be the backyard beside his Victorian rocker, which one assumes he's just brought home, hence the photograph to mark the special occasion. This photograph, a late 19th c. albumen print I believe, shows some wear, but it's such a compelling image I think the