Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone WW2 Such a great face on

Such a great face on this little red snake

or perhaps for an art/art history class on architecture and ornament--and surely the Willis Brown who did it received a high mark

I'm not entirely sure if the beetle itself was perfect to begin with

which I believe would be referred to as a trajinera

who persisted in gluing these pennies one by one

Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone WW2 Such a great face onI've developed quite a weakness for 19th. c. miniature portraits, but it's rare in my experience to come across one depicting a whole family, as I believe is the case here the parents at right and their three daughters at right. It immediately makes me think of early 19th c. novels a la Jane Austen, which swirl around the complex rituals of finding appropriate matches for eligible young women an so I immediately empathize with these three, imagining