Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone beargrass basket dried beef and hominy

dried beef and hominy

specifically when that signification is not what was originally intended

about as solid as they come

or kick-ass woman of any sort

Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone beargrass basket dried beef and hominyI've developed quite a weakness for 19th. c. miniature portraits, but it's rare in my experience to come across one depicting a whole family, as I believe is the case here the parents at right and their three daughters at right. It immediately makes me think of early 19th c. novels a la Jane Austen, which swirl around the complex rituals of finding appropriate matches for eligible young women an so I immediately empathize with these three, imagining