Miss Taylor as Jose Speckhaber Wearing Rainbow Ribbons, Charles Schoettel Attributed c. 1840s Watercolor Portrait happy clown all with the blacks of

all with the blacks of their big bright eyes cast heavenward

Several utilitarian things this week

>>one (the one with animals on the cover) features about 12 full pages of lovely penmanship practice along with a few pages with just one line at the top

but I don't think I've ever found one written (by a Charles Goodrich in 1862) in such a strong and confident hand as this one

I look at a lot of pin cushions--such perfect examples of the human compulsion to make even the smallest and simplest of utilitarian objects special--and while this is not a fancy one

Miss Taylor as Jose Speckhaber Wearing Rainbow Ribbons, Charles Schoettel Attributed c. 1840s Watercolor Portrait happy clown all with the blacks ofIt took me a bit to realize this theatrical watercolor portrait depicts a woman "Miss Taylor" as noted in the caption, portraying a male character, "Jose Speckhaber" it looks to read, though I haven't been able to place the opera, the name of which is a bit hard from me at least to decipher. (Arnotis ???} Certainly women portraying male characters, and vice verse, was not uncommon, but it does make the wonderful rainbow colored ribbons on this costume