Minnie! Signed 1872 Graphite Portrait with Miniature Portraits on Necklace and Earring carved bone bird I love the inclusion of

I love the inclusion of the banked blue canoe

with bluish-gray around the lip

Frame shows a few surface nicks and wear here and there

And then curlicues of the shoreline his foot seems to hover just above

Minnie! Signed 1872 Graphite Portrait with Miniature Portraits on Necklace and Earring carved bone bird I love the inclusion ofI really really love this Minnie, who looks to me maybe 15 years old or so, both lovely and awkward and seeming right in the middle of coming into herself. I also love that this is something of a triple portrait, with miniature portraits at her neck and hanging from her ear. Wonderfully earnest and clearly invested with love, right down the carefully inked Spencerian "Minnie" at bottom center. Signed Ida J. Tracy at lower left and dated Feb 7, 1872 at