Marvelously Weird Cabinet Card "Boudoir Photo" of Girl with Wand and Armored Statue antique police alarm On the back inside cover

On the back inside cover is a great little drawing of a man in orange coat

but it's the flip side that is the really special one to me

Plus an abstract pattern on the reverse side

dated 1833

10 3/4" t x 4 3/4" w (with bird) x 3 7/8" d

Marvelously Weird Cabinet Card "Boudoir Photo" of Girl with Wand and Armored Statue antique police alarm On the back inside coverThis girl! Quite a curious vision in her ringlets and flounces and hair flowers and magic wand in hand looking as if about to head to a ball with the statue who stands beside her, a miniature knight in shining armor as her date! What makes it ever weirder is that the stamp on the back of the card labels it as a boudoir portrait as if this awkward young thing were meant to be a seductress.. Makes me wonder about that Zeph Magill! Wonderfully weird. 8 1