Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame 1930s pencil box or thread a little loop

or thread a little loop or two to hang

and a terrifically proud rooster at the top

which would take a very heavy ball to knock down

the year of its making

Something about the angle of the burgundy curtain to his right and beams overhead and lines of the stool gives the composition a bit of a Diebenkorn feeling to me

Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame 1930s pencil box or thread a little loopA few months ago I purchased my first B. Brammel hand colored engraving (Benjamin Bramell, American, 1794 1851), that one picturing "Helen and Her Rose" and it, like this one, in a wonderful period frame. I'm now officially a fan, including for the way in which the prints feel as if centering the interior lives of these young women, here absolutely making me feel how pleased and proud our dear Martha felt in her pretty new frock. And this one