Giorgio Sommer c. 1880 Albumen Print of Seated Hermes (Mercurio) at Naples Museum propeller I've had a bit of

I've had a bit of a string of acquiring things I find quite evocative but know very little about--and here's another

Whether the latter is meant to be its partner or its child I am not sure

I love things that raise more questions than they answer and provoke all sorts of speculation

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It certainly seems it was created to serve a toggle-like function

Giorgio Sommer c. 1880 Albumen Print of Seated Hermes (Mercurio) at Naples Museum propeller I've had a bit ofI've been really attracted to old photographs of classical sculptures statues of late, or just lucky enough to be coming across them and finding them really beautiful. This is one of two albumen prints I found together, dating to the 1880s, which I believe likely were acquired on a "Grand Tour." The subject of both is a sculpture of "Mercurio," more commonly known as Seated Hermes, held (still, I believe) in the collection of the Naples Museum. This