Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s handwritten with tiny screws holding the

with tiny screws holding the seats to the sides

with tiny nails showing on the sides

and I love whoever made them

I would think they were the real thing

I love him just sitting around among a collection of other brass boxes

Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s handwritten with tiny screws holding 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