Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame trinket box and I think provokes the

and I think provokes the most tender and protective instincts in us as humans

and based on the hairstyle and the manner of the painting I believe likely dates to the first quarter of the 19th century

8 1/2" straight across

including those two slightly forlorn looking potted plants placed in front of them

24 numbered pages

Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame trinket box and I think provokes theOccasionally I'll see a Victorian dried flower composition with a cut paper element, but I don't believe I've ever seen a sea moss picture like this before, with that black paper horn evoking a theorem painting stencil as well as nodding to a cut paper silhouette portrait, and I think locating it c. 1850s or so. I love sea moss pressings of all sorts (including for the fact that sea moss gathering represented an acceptable way for young women to get