Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine Georgian At some point someone added

At some point someone added a wire on the back in order to hand this on the wall

I would easily believe this was a sketch in advance of a sculpture done by

with the dowel firmly stuck in him

and what looks to be a fingerprint on the negative preserved right there

There is a round bit nailed to the inside of one hand

Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine Georgian At some point someone addedI found this one in southern Maine this week and it is PERFECT. (Photos might suggest it is very small, but it is in fact quite substantial, and heavy, and feels very much an object with that really excellent seashell frame, shells on solid wood, with gold painted sides.) I do believe the frame is original to the tinsel reverse glass painting, all in beautiful condition, without a shell missing. And I have to say this is about as elegant a tinsel