Finely Dressed Young Woman at Piano, c. 1840s Folk Art Portrait in Original Burl Maple Frame code writing with one longer and narrower

with one longer and narrower block meant to represent the trunk of a tree

Hill was the first American manufacturer to produce blocks in mass quantity

My photos just document pages I randomly opened to

I find this an exceptionally beautiful real photo postcard

I really love the interplay of positive and negative on this

Finely Dressed Young Woman at Piano, c. 1840s Folk Art Portrait in Original Burl Maple Frame code writing with one longer and narrowerHappily a lovely local shop owner friend messaged me when this lovely came in to her shop, knowing I would like it, and indeed I very much do. C. 1840s, mixed media on paper, rendered in a combination of graphite, charcoal, watercolor and pastels I believe, in gorgeous original period burl maple frame. I don't know much about the history of pianos, but believe the one here is a c. 1830s upright cabinet piano (often towering things, extending up to 7