Mary Ann Earle, Ludlow Castle, Marvelous Large Georgian Needlework on Silk in Original Reverse Glass Painted Frame rounded corners light wear to the spine

light wear to the spine and one small bump to lover edge of front cover

and a couple of old well repaired splits in the lid

with these wonderfully eager large ears and this  heartbreakingly homely face

with the surfaces a really nice matte white

A bit of toning around the edges of the paper

Mary Ann Earle, Ludlow Castle, Marvelous Large Georgian Needlework on Silk in Original Reverse Glass Painted Frame rounded corners light wear to the spineMy favorite find of the week, and among my favorites ever, found in southern Maine but painstakingly created in Shropshire, England, c. 1820s. I occasionally come across fine early 19th century British embroideries on painted silk in this manner (and some less fine Victorian ones that are wrongly described as Georgian) but this one feels like it was expressly made to arrive in my hands 200 years after its creation; for me its all about her, and I