C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg vintage silver and Keene State College

and Keene State College

I've been paying attention to old carved spoons lately

which would be ameliorated by popping it in a frame but it is stable and would be fine propped

and incorporating different colors of ink

C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg vintage silver and Keene State CollegeYou know I love a miniature portrait, but sometimes they start to blur together, so when I I spotted this very specific feeling portrait of a distinctive looking gentleman yesterday at the Papertown show in Boxborough, MA, I jumped on it. (And, at the end of the day, my drive is toward assembling an interesting and lively cast of characters to keep company with!) I believe American, though he looks perhaps French, or maybe even partly Middle Eastern.