Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s huge whimsy one small knick on the

one small knick on the lip of the wide end

and a fantastically colored plum not yet quite right

I found a very similar piece recently sold at auction

At just shy of 20 inches long I'd probably hang it on the wall

Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s huge whimsy one small knick on theHoly 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