c. 1870 Microphotograph of Blood Cells Under Microscope, Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Pepperell MA (1 of 2) antique animal Or perhaps it is a

Or perhaps it is a self-portrait

his subjects included animals

- but I might be inclined just to wrap a string or ribbon around the handle and hang it on the wall

all of the pieces fit together to form one long linear whole

c. 1870 Microphotograph of Blood Cells Under Microscope, Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Pepperell MA (1 of 2) antique animal Or perhaps it is aI don't know a whole lot about microphotography or about blood cells either, really! but I know that this is a microphotograph (a photograph taken under a microscope) of blood, and that is was produced by Dr. S. W. Fletcher of Pepperell, MA c. 1870. (Included in documentation is another from the set this came from, that one mounted with printed attribution on the board.) I've learned that William Henry Fox Talbot (18001877) was taking photographs