C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg antique expandible wire dress form The front window and door

The front window and door are backed with paper printed with gridded panes

running forever in place

She actually began writing in it January of 1928

and holding hundreds of carefully drawn diagrams of microscopic anatomy

I love orange in the kitchen

C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg antique expandible wire dress form The front window and doorYou know I love a miniature portrait, but sometimes they start to blur together, so when I I spotted this very specific feeling portrait of a distinctive looking gentleman yesterday at the Papertown show in Boxborough, MA, I jumped on it. (And, at the end of the day, my drive is toward assembling an interesting and lively cast of characters to keep company with!) I believe American, though he looks perhaps French, or maybe even partly Middle Eastern.