"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets protrait So many wonderful wooden boxes

So many wonderful wooden boxes in the world

11 3/4" x 8 3/4" x 7/8"

and now keep an eye out as I think they're just lovely

Carved of pine I believe and quite old--aging and darkening to the wood

(Maybe I'm crazy

"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets protrait So many wonderful wooden boxesThis lovely young woman, with her perfectly arched brows and ringlets and pursed lips, looks to me perhaps not entirely delighted to be the "sweet sixteen" of the hand written title below. Rather, to me, she looks as if she might be at least partially mourning the loss of her childhood. I love this about her, and everything about this portrait really, just right in its original round frame with glass and hanging loop at top. C. 1860s 70s I would