Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame bobbins Wool and hand-dyed cotton/linen with

Wool and hand-dyed cotton/linen with what I believe is homespun linen on reverse

This claw hand tool

We have killed our pig

and yet also looking perhaps just a bit defiant

Then I spotted this one at a great antiques shop in Pennsylvania and fell in love

Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame bobbins Wool and hand-dyed cotton/linen withA 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