Lady Justice with Scales and Sword, Allegorical Watercolor Signed AHD, 1817 Lowell MA pharmacy Binding in excellent shape

Binding in excellent shape

I've since learned that this device

PA was an early American toy maker and produced some quite singular

I think they are just such beautiful objects

Lady Justice with Scales and Sword, Allegorical Watercolor Signed AHD, 1817 Lowell MA pharmacy Binding in excellent shapeSuch a beauty and feels very timely, sadly in a very bittersweet sort of way. This is a watercolor, French I would think, signed AHD along the very bottom edge and dated 1817. I would presume done after a late 18th century engraving, though I have not found a definitive source, and emblematic of the allegorical personification of virtues of the period, which also gave rise to many Lady Liberties. Beautifully executed, wonderful bold red to her cape