Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest Drawing: 15 7/8" x 7"

Drawing: 15 7/8" x 7"

with light wear and aging to the wood

date to the early 1830s who was studying at an Academy in Sherborne

Wear and some darkening/rusting to the surface of the steel as evident

Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest Drawing: 15 7/8" x 7"Purchased from a New Hampshire based dealer, I am not certain the origins of this beauty, but presume she's European, and certainly quite old (based on the hairstyle I would guess mid 18th c.), with a patch of what I believe are worm holes on the left side of the bust. I love her not quite symmetrical face, which makes this feel much more like a specific portrait than a generalization, and especially the fat, rolled curls of her hairstyle, which make