Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s 1980s checkerboard Beautifully aged and just wonderful

Beautifully aged and just wonderful

bends or tears and they still look sharp

super sturdy shape

In very good condition and structurally sound

with only the most minor of loss on the exterior

Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s 1980s checkerboard Beautifully aged and just wonderfulHoly moly, Im not sure Ive ever seen a more beautiful detail that the interlocking fingers of this womans hands, framed by these gorgeous banded cuffs and calligraphic swoops and swirls all around. Perfection. I personally really love the tension between the calligraphic perfection of her dress and arms and cloak and the slight awkwardness of her face, too, which shows a bit of a wider silhouette for her hairstyle in pencil and an earlier attempt at