Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s 1980s checkerboard where he was a student

where he was a student of Arthur Wesley Dow

Beautifully aged and just wonderful

bends or tears and they still look sharp

super sturdy shape

I think they're beautiful enough to frame

Spencerian Portrait of a Woman with Folded Hands c. 1880s 1980s checkerboard where he was a studentHoly moly, Im not sure Ive ever seen a more beautiful detail that the interlocking fingers of this womans hands, framed by these gorgeous banded cuffs and calligraphic swoops and swirls all around. Perfection. I personally really love the tension between the calligraphic perfection of her dress and arms and cloak and the slight awkwardness of her face, too, which shows a bit of a wider silhouette for her hairstyle in pencil and an earlier attempt at