Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box practice sampler Just look at that pink

Just look at that pink

almost as if floating there

especially that blue bow around the tugging dog's neck and the little girl's flailing arms and plaid stockings

lost somewhere along the way

Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box practice sampler Just look at that pinkHER! I purchased this from an auction right near me in Gloucester, MA; I actually don't buy much at auctions but I became am obsessed with her. Look closely and there is an urn partially visible to her right, which combined with everything else about her, really certainly seems to indicate that our young subject is in mourning. And, painted on a box carved of ivory, perhaps she mourns a young husband lost at sea. I believe American, very late 18th