SOLD Religion is the Daughter of Heven [sic], Early Penmanship Exercise with Charming Mistakes and Corrections antique painting on paper And the colors—I believe acrylic

And the colors—I believe acrylic paint—are even brighter and lusher than photos capture

The cutout portrait sits just inside an oval niche in the gold mat

Signed with what I think is PM on the bottom

) And another pretty little paper covered box inside

SOLD Religion is the Daughter of H<a>even [sic], Early Penmanship Exercise with Charming Mistakes and Corrections antique painting on paper And the colors—I believe acrylicSurely done as a penmanship exercise, c. mid 19th c, I was of course drawn to this formally, for the beautifully inked lettering, and also for the rather curious (and arguably contentious) phrase "Religion is the Daughter of Heaven." But I really fell in love with it as I started to started to notice its misspellings, corrections, and the curious choice of placing greatest emphasis on the word THE! A double "is" under religion, as it seems the first