Expressive Antique Chalk Portrait of Young Man with Bow Tie seashell painting this week in New Hampshire—clearly

this week in New Hampshire—clearly pro-actively collected by someone over a good number of years

And there is a note on one page here that she was 13 years old when she did these

but also became an unheralded artistic influence to many

Hinges in great shape

Expressive Antique Chalk Portrait of Young Man with Bow Tie seashell painting this week in New Hampshire—clearlyI've become more and more interested in the history of portraiture and the manners in which changing technologies broadened access to having portraits made of oneself, and shaped the manner of representation. And also in how we have always wanted to enhance images of ourselves! The first charcoal portraits date to the 1860s, and became increasingly popular in the later 1800s photo portraits printed on paper and enhanced with charcoal drawing. This one