CARELESS BUT NOT CRIMINAL

trick photographytrick photographyThis is a trick photograph in which the photographer castigates himself, threatening with a sweep. This is a cabinet card by Haverstick & Co, Cumberland, Maryland.  It is endorsed on the verso: “Careless but not criminal. Yours remorsefully, A. Haverstick.” There is no indication of what misdeed he is punishing himself for. This is a clever use of this double-photograph format.

$150 – postage paid within US, $10 to Canada