Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. Zimbabwe almost gold colored grass

almost gold colored grass

7 3/4" across at lip

the human lips

And I find this drawing

On the back one can see the outlines of where glue was applied to mount the drawings to the backings

Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. Zimbabwe almost gold colored grassPerhaps this lovely woman was preparing to sit for James Whistler, who perhaps more than any other American painter helped to advance the "Japonisme" craze in the U. S. in the late 19th century, following its popularity first in Paris after the reopening of trade of Japan in 1858. This wonderful cyanotype does invite filling in a backstory, as our subject looks not entirely ready or eager to have have her photograph taken, and one might guess that the