Lady Justice with Scales and Sword, Allegorical Watercolor Signed AHD, 1817 Lowell MA pharmacy And what a beautiful group

And what a beautiful group of specimens

I believe they were inserted specifically for this purpose and the entire book was hand-stiched together by its creator

I've since learned that this device

They extend all the way through the base

unsigned from what I can tell

Lady Justice with Scales and Sword, Allegorical Watercolor Signed AHD, 1817 Lowell MA pharmacy And what a beautiful groupSuch a beauty and feels very timely, sadly in a very bittersweet sort of way. This is a watercolor, French I would think, signed AHD along the very bottom edge and dated 1817. I would presume done after a late 18th century engraving, though I have not found a definitive source, and emblematic of the allegorical personification of virtues of the period, which also gave rise to many Lady Liberties. Beautifully executed, wonderful bold red to her cape