Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone WW2 Such a great face on

Such a great face on this little red snake

There is a small hole at the center of the top that a screw or nail would go through

an a great accompaniment I'd say to this terrific drawing of woman in orange and purple

I also think it is a fairly old one

or perhaps for an art/art history class on architecture and ornament--and surely the Willis Brown who did it received a high mark

Very Fine 1840s Miniature Family Portrait Watercolor Signed William Bone WW2 Such a great face onI've developed quite a weakness for 19th. c. miniature portraits, but it's rare in my experience to come across one depicting a whole family, as I believe is the case here the parents at right and their three daughters at right. It immediately makes me think of early 19th c. novels a la Jane Austen, which swirl around the complex rituals of finding appropriate matches for eligible young women an so I immediately empathize with these three, imagining