Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s 1980s checkerboard though I am not 100%

though I am not 100% certain as there is no mark that I can see

I think they're beautiful enough to frame

super sturdy shape

together with the way they are cut to different lengths and lined up perfectly side by side

Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s 1980s checkerboard though I am not 100%Holy 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