1829 Bouquet of Flowers Theorem on Velvet, Signed, With Provenance art supplies graphically patterned band that runs

graphically patterned band that runs across the lid

and this bowl

It's definitely a curious one

but both drawings are still crisp with no apparent smudging

At some point small pads were added to the bottom

1829 Bouquet of Flowers Theorem on Velvet, Signed, With Provenance art supplies graphically patterned band that runsNot very often I come across an early signed and dated theorem painting on velvet, and even less often with information about its maker noted by a family member on reverse so I was quite delighted to find this one, in a period frame to boot. It was done by an Isabella Caroline Thompson, 1829, whose family I've found, with the help of knowing that her son's name was George Thomas Reid (b. 1849, Pickens County, SC) and her granddaughter Victoria Reid