Very Exuberant Markmaking! Mid 19th Century Penwork Woman in Hat on Horse in Period Frame bottle with paper label which is how it would

which is how it would show when cased

2 3/8" long x 1 3/4" wide x 3/8" deep

6 15/16" long x 5 1/8" tall  x 2 3/8" wide

but a good one to hang in a kid's room now I'd say

upside down and right side up) and declarative (almost Biblical feeling

Very Exuberant Markmaking! Mid 19th Century Penwork Woman in Hat on Horse in Period Frame bottle with paper label which is how it wouldTotal love at first sight for me with this one, starting with this woman's wonderful, very folky, wide eyed and double browed face. I've got a great love for 19th century penwork drawings, which were very much a thing, but much less so for the ones that perfectly mimic examples published in instructive books of the period it's the expressive singularity that makes them special to me, as very much the case here, this one 1850s or so I believe. A