Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture and those three pink chimneys

and those three pink chimneys

but I like just the pencils

This makes my heart ache

with the two white geese hanging at far left illuminated as if by heavenly light

The houses are similar to one another but not quite the same making one imagine a development full of slightly varied bungalows

Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture and those three pink chimneysHER! I purchased this from an auction right near me in Gloucester, MA; I actually don't buy much at auctions but I became am obsessed with her. Look closely and there is an urn partially visible to her right, which combined with everything else about her, really certainly seems to indicate that our young subject is in mourning. And, painted on a box carved of ivory, perhaps she mourns a young husband lost at sea. I believe American, very late 18th