Lovely c. 1800 Hand-drawn Patterns (Presumed for Embroidery), Ink on Watermarked Laid doll head with wire earrings There is some some cracking

There is some some cracking where the composition covering the body meets the painted wooden legs and a bit of scuffing and paint loss here and there

just another beautiful sculptural thing for the shelf

I was struck by the beauty and sensitivity of this portrait before I learned it was drawn in prison

one of those things that just had to be mine

first published 1708

Lovely c. 1800 Hand-drawn Patterns (Presumed for Embroidery), Ink on Watermarked Laid doll head with wire earrings There is some some crackingI believe this these drawings were made as embroidery patterns and I can very much imagine them executed in very fine silk thread. I love them rendered in ink though, on early watermarked laid paper, with wonderful passages of detail, tiny stars and crosshatching and squiggly lines with dots to either side. Lovely. Late 18th very early 19th century European I believe, with watermark detailed in last photo, which I have not researched. 12 7 8" x 7 3