Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait wood and horsehair brush And with careful attention paid

And with careful attention paid to the carving of the box

The 1955 drawing is an early work by James Frederic Bone (1929-2015)

as one most definitely should

How to argue with a game that involves an auctioneer and gavel and strange dice and beautiful early lithographed cards

Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait wood and horsehair brush And with careful attention paidLove at first sight with this one; he just immediately felt like an old friend to me. And a curious one in my experience too a miniature ink and watercolor portrait on a CDV card, the card stamped "H. Terry, Main Street, Sag Harbor, L. I" on reverse. Whether painted over an early photo portrait, or over an engraving, or painted on a blank card, I am not entirely certain, but his hair and collar look early 1800s as opposed to c. 1860s to me, so perhaps