Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture The map would have been

The map would have been done by him in a geography class as a student

with the two white geese hanging at far left illuminated as if by heavenly light

perhaps straight from the his front lawn

several very carefully done pattern designs included--and one stand along gouache on paper pattern painting loose inside its pages that I'd frame straight away

Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture The map would have beenHER! I purchased this from an auction right near me in Gloucester, MA; I actually don't buy much at auctions but I became am obsessed with her. Look closely and there is an urn partially visible to her right, which combined with everything else about her, really certainly seems to indicate that our young subject is in mourning. And, painted on a box carved of ivory, perhaps she mourns a young husband lost at sea. I believe American, very late 18th