Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame iron door knocker and so graphic and modern

and so graphic and modern feeling

San Jose Mission

and better still one of them which is really quite ingenious in its construction and the manual dexterity challenges it presents (as well as the creative possibilities for configuration it allows)

probably not very far from where it was painted

This is a beautiful antique Makah/Nootka Northwest Coast Native American open rim basket woven of bear grass and cedar bark

Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame iron door knocker and so graphic and modernA few months ago I purchased my first B. Brammel hand colored engraving (Benjamin Bramell, American, 1794 1851), that one picturing "Helen and Her Rose" and it, like this one, in a wonderful period frame. I'm now officially a fan, including for the way in which the prints feel as if centering the interior lives of these young women, here absolutely making me feel how pleased and proud our dear Martha felt in her pretty new frock. And this one