Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook antique watercolor envelope and that she appears to

and that she appears to cast a just slightly flirtatious sideward glance at someone just to our left

And clearly drawn by someone who was themselves quite a confident artist

with its little holes all along the points of the star on one side for releasing gas--as well as a mark on it with the word "Gas"

I just love dice as objects

The windows are glass

Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook antique watercolor envelope and that she appears toOn one hand I'm sad to see much of the beautiful penmanship in this 1836 notebook covered up, but on the other hand I love its having been repurposed as a scrapbook a few years later including for how that reminds use that perfect penmanship was nothing special! Lots of layers of information embedded here, with rich juxtapositions both content wise and formally; I really love the push and pull between pasted down bits of printed text and the hand