C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg vintage silver and incorporating different colors of

and incorporating different colors of ink

Pretty cute and bouncy little pup here

with each of those arms able to be rotated or removed from the center wheel entirely

which would be ameliorated by popping it in a frame but it is stable and would be fine propped

C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg vintage silver and incorporating different colors ofYou 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.