Major Phipps on Horseback, Maryland Volunteer Infantry in Georgia, 1899 Mounted Cyanotype Logan drake 7 1/4” t x 2”

7 1/4” t x 2” w

There is a small tear and fold along the top right edge

and turns up a few things dating to the 1920s-1930s--including a photo included in documentation

I'm more or less certain the set is 19th century German

Major Phipps on Horseback, Maryland Volunteer Infantry in Georgia, 1899 Mounted Cyanotype Logan drake 7 1/4” t x 2”The word "iconic" has become much overused, but this cyanotype struck me in that way, feeling like an iconic and very cinematic portrait of a soldier on horseback, with the striations to the sky behind him enhancing the effect, almost like some sort of otherwordly phenomenon of light or the aurora borealis! Happily, a handwritten note on the back of the mount provides full details: 1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry on practice march in Georgia,