Antique Sepia Toned Rattlesnake Photograph Lawrence ma Late 19th/early 20th century I

Late 19th/early 20th century I believe

with very light wear and minor aging/ warping to the cardboard roof

with incised round eyes on either side of the head and a shell pattern on his back

This drawing was made on a trip to Brittany in 1909

by Weston and Brenda Anderson with a philosophy of creating hand crafted products affordable to the middle class

Antique Sepia Toned Rattlesnake Photograph Lawrence ma Late 19th/early 20th century II can't imagine encountering a rattlesnake and doing anything other than quietly backing away, but some brave soul managed to take this photograph long ago. It was mounted on card, and then much more recently someone taped it to cream paper, from which is is easily removed. I really like how closely cropped the the image is just barely containing the snake and amplifying a sense of immediate danger! Photograph measures 2 7 8" x 1 3 4". As mounted: 6"