Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame iron door knocker I have found just a

I have found just a couple of other first editions (1840) of this Self Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by O

Love at first sight with this one--I made an immediate beeline for her at the Rhinebeck show

and so graphic and modern feeling

probably not very far from where it was painted

with the double rendering of this dancer's feet lending an added sense of movement to it all

Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame iron door knocker I have found just aA 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