Late 19th C. Him and Her Honeymoon Kodak Photos, Murray Hill Hotel, NYC drawing of village Louise Lawler

Louise Lawler

but what a couple of beautifully rendered

The monochrome palette also makes it feel sort of mid-way between watercolor painting and black and white photograph

with this interesting choice of shapes that allude to some sort of machine or larger system

Late 19th C. Him and Her Honeymoon Kodak Photos, Murray Hill Hotel, NYC drawing of village Louise LawlerI think these are just fantastic. Written on the back of one is "Mrs. Lowrie Childs on wedding trip to NY Murry [sic] Hill Hotel," and so we can assume the other is of Mr. Childs, each of the two photographed separately sitting in their honeymoon room, him on the edge of the bed, she in the chair next to it. With the round format of the No. 1 Kodak prints framing each as if viewed through a scope or a peephole, these hold a tension between formality