Painterly Pinks, Lovely Victorian Mounted Sea Moss Specimen antique tobacco silk embracing a sweetheart - while

embracing a sweetheart - while looking straight at us with an expression that seems some combination of eager and sly

I think 1830s)

one of which wraps around a fabric candle

Executed in graphite

Painterly Pinks, Lovely Victorian Mounted Sea Moss Specimen antique tobacco silk embracing a sweetheart - whileI come across lone sea moss samples now and then, which tend to show their age and some related losses, but this just a beauty of an example, very painterly and lush and ethereal feeling, as if still rippling in the current, under the sea. Paper 8 7 8" x 5 11 16". Very good condition, 19th century, securely mounted to good weight paper.