SOLD Original Cabinet Card - CC039 - Miss Astrid Vang and the Etheric Courtship

In the early days of the Ether Age, Miss Astrid Vang was among the first to volunteer for the “Larm Conduit” — an experimental device said to allow two minds to converse across oceans without the inconvenience of ships, cables, or time. The procedure was painless, though it did leave one with a small chrome port behind the ear and a tendency to hum when near telegraph lines.

Her first transmission came one rain-slick evening in Bergen:
“Good evening, is this Boston?”

From thousands of miles away, a voice replied, smooth as varnished mahogany:
“Indeed it is, madam. And may I say, your thoughts arrive in perfect clarity.”

They spoke every night after that, of science, of art, and once, daringly, of love. Whether they ever met in person, the records do not say — but Astrid’s portrait, with its slender, glinting cables, has been found tucked away in more than one desk drawer, half a world apart.

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Colin Batty is an artist from Manchester, UK. He has worked on countless cool projects including Tim Burton's, Mars Attacks, the Oscar nominated short, The Sandman, Eddie Murphy's, The PJ's and many, many more. Colin has contributed to Freakybuttrue for many years and graces this site with his amazing designs, incredible sculptures, comics and his world famous cabinet card paintings and so much more.

Each original cabinet card is a genuine one hundred year old (or more) photograph on which Colin directly paints. Photographs of this age are often creased, scratched, deteriorated, and otherwise worn. Colin often utilizes the character of the wear to find inspiration.

This Cabinet Card is sold. High quality prints of this original can be purchased HERE.