C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg antique expandible wire dress form The front window and door

The front window and door are backed with paper printed with gridded panes

and a few breaks in the splint of the body--all as detailed in photos

I have no information about the subject of this painting

lovingly made and one feels once an important object in the life of a home and family

and holding hundreds of carefully drawn diagrams of microscopic anatomy

C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg antique expandible wire dress form The front window and doorYou know I love a miniature portrait, but sometimes they start to blur together, so when I I spotted this very specific feeling portrait of a distinctive looking gentleman yesterday at the Papertown show in Boxborough, MA, I jumped on it. (And, at the end of the day, my drive is toward assembling an interesting and lively cast of characters to keep company with!) I believe American, though he looks perhaps French, or maybe even partly Middle Eastern.