The photo above inspired me to find some photos of people riding donkeys. Here's what I found in the Library of Congress archives. Horydczak, Theodor, photographer. Soldier and child. Man in uniform with child riding donkey . United States, None. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019677714/. he Ambulance of the Hillmen. American Red Cross nurse at Tirana, Albania, unloading a patient from the mountain ambulance of the hillmen, a donkey. Riding astride a donkey is the smoothest and easiest method of travelling in the rough trails of the mountain country. There are few roads in Albania many miles to the American Red Cross hospitals . Tirana Albania, 1920. [January Date Received] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017671326/. Dalrymple, Louis, Artist. Our Don Quixote / Dalrymple . , 1899. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647373/. Pughe, J. S. , Artist. Transformed / J.S. Pughe . , 1904. N.Y.: J. Ott
That's an interesting mural. I had a hard time figuring out the hair for a minute. I wanted to look at it as flat and his head was at the wrong angle. One of those figure-ground moments, I guess. :) Thanks for sharing this, SM. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is rather abstract in some respects. I too took a while to figure it all out. Thanks for hosting, Marsha.
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