It's a comic book satirizing photography from 1855.
By Robb_K
Fabulous inking detail. Great artist!
By The Australian Panther
As s photographer myself and being 'au fait'wth the history of photography, this looks like a professional pencil artist mocking photography which was just then taking portrait work and other work from more traditional illustrators.
It's not appreciated today but the advent of photography exploded in the world like the Telephone or the PC and the Internet did in later generations.
[Folkingham, Revd. Edward Bradley alias Cuthbert Bede.
https:www.avelandarchive.org.uk/articles/folkingham-revd-edward-bradley-alias-cuthbert-bede
&q uot;Edward Bradley was a practicing photographer. In a letter to Henry Peach Robinson he mentions taking lessons in photography in 1863. He became very adept at operating the camera and the processing chemicals to illustrate one of his own books with photographs (original prints) within a year or two. ‘Photographic Pleasures’ remains Cuthbert Bede’s major contribution to the history of photography. His combination of wit and wisdom distinguishes it as a unique document, a comic masterpiece, providing both reading pleasure and historical information."]
Thank you Lyons.
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