Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone WW2 who persisted in gluing these

who persisted in gluing these pennies one by one

I'm not entirely sure if the beetle itself was perfect to begin with

I also think it is a fairly old one

so they carry nostalgia for a pre-Home Depot era too

Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone WW2 who persisted in gluing theseI'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