C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card robert chapman portland Now it might be used

Now it might be used to hang all sorts of things to be peeped through the window

14 15/16" x 9 9/16"

Old wooden crate they were stored in included

6 7/8" long x 3 1/2" tall (at tail) x 7/8" w

as he is here

C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card robert chapman portland Now it might be usedI believe this queen of clubs was part of a transformation card deck, c. 1850s often the royal cards in these decks just featured figures, while it was the pips of the numbered cards that were transformed incorporated into images. What I find especially intruiging is that her arms, though I presume actually intended to read as crossed, appear to me as if cut off at the elbows and left as stumps, which thus makes her veil read all the more as if tears